Recent advance of white spruce (Picea glauca) in the coastal tundra of the eastern shore of Hudson Bay (Québec, Canada)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2120-2135

  Caccianiga, Marco ^a,b   Payette, Serge ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forest tundra; Isostatic uplift; Macrofossil analysis; Picea glauca; Shrub tundra; Subarctic Qu bec; Tree colonization; Tree line; Tree ring analysis; White spruce

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; COASTAL ZONE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EVERGREEN TREE; LITTLE ICE AGE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; POSTGLACIAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECRUITMENT; TREE RING; TUNDRA;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; NASTAPOKA ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 33750949726     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01563.x     Document Type: Article

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