An experimental test of limits to tree establishment in Arctic tundra

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 449-461

  Hobbie, Sarah E ^a,b   Stuart Chapin III, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaskan treeline; Climate change; Picea glauca; Tree establishment; Tundra

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; COLD TOLERANCE; ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; GERMINATION; PLANT GROWTH; SEED DEVELOPMENT; STRESS TOLERANCE; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION; TREE; TUNDRA;

AIR TEMPERATURE; GERMINATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TREE ESTABLISHMENT; TUNDRA;

USA, ALASKA;

ALNUS CRISPA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BETULACEAE; PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 2642640456     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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