Relocation of snow and its effects in the treeline ecotone - With special regard to the Rocky mountains, the Alps and Northern Europe

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Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 343-373

  Holtmeier, Friedrich Karl ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Snow pattern; Treeline dynamics; Treeline ecotone

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BLOWING SNOW; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOTONE; SNOWPACK; TREELINE;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 33750205460     PISSN: 00139998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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