Sigmoid wave transitions at alpine treeline

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-126

  Cairns, David M ^a   Waldron, John D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine treeline; Biomonitoring; Climate change; Sigmoid wave hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOMONITORING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOTONE; TREELINE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037246602     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0459.00193     Document Type: Article

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