Altitudinal treelines of the southern Andes near 40°S

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 237-241

  Daniels, Lori D ^a   Veblen, Thomas T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Chile; Climate change; Disturbance; Forest dynamics; Global warming; Northern Patagonia; Nothofagus pumilio; South America; Timberline

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; PRODUCTIVITY; VEGETATION;

DEMOGRAPHY;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FOREST DYNAMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; TREELINE;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

FAGACEAE; FAGUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NOTHOFAGUS PUMILIO;

EID: 0041731580     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc79237-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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