Recent changes in treeline forest distribution and structure in interior Alaska

Ecoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 176-185

  Lloyd, Andrea H ^a   Fastie, Christopher L ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Alpine treeline; Boreal forest; Climate change; Picea glauca; Treeline advance

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROECOLOGY; STAND STRUCTURE; TREELINE; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 0042623439     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2003.11682765     Document Type: Article

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