Non-equilibrium succession dynamics indicate continued northern migration of lodgepole pine

Global Change Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1401-1409

  Johnstone, Jill F ^a   Chapin, F Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Climate response functions; Fire; Pinus contorta; Postfire regeneration; Species migration

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; EQUILIBRIUM; FIRE; RANGE EXPANSION; REGENERATION; SUCCESSION;

CANADA;

PICEA; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 0242370058     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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