Wind-conditioned 20th century decline of birch treeline vegetation in the Swedish Scandes

Arctic

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 286-294

  Kullman, Leif ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Betula pubescens ssp. tortuosa; Deflation; Drought; Models; Reindeer; Retrogression; Swedish Scandes; Treeline; Warming; Wind

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; LITTLE ICE AGE; SOIL MOISTURE; STAND DYNAMICS; TREELINE; WIND;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDES MOUNTAINS; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

BETULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 18844383994     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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