Spatial pattern of subalpine forest-alpine grassland ecotones in the Spanish Central Pyrenees

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 1-16

  Camarero, J Julio ^a   Gutiérrez, Emilia ^a   Fortin, Marie Josée ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecotone; Moran and Mantel correlograms; Pinus uncinata Ram; Ripley s K; Spatial pattern; Treeline

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOTONE; GRASSLAND; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

SPAIN;

PINUS UNCINATA;

EID: 0343006733     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00241-8     Document Type: Article

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