A re-assessment of high elevation treeline positions and their explanation

Oecologia

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 445-459

  Körner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate; Developmental biology; Forest; High altitude; Timberline

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; ELEVATION; GROWTH; TREELINE;

EID: 2642619383     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050540     Document Type: Review

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