Fire and substrate interact to control the northern range limit of black spruce (Picea mariana) in Alaska

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2480-2493

  Lloyd, Andrea H ^a   Fastie, Christopher L ^a   Eisen, Hilary ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE HAZARDS; SEED; SOILS; SUBSTRATES;

ACIDIC SOILS; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; TREELINE SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DEGLACIATION; FIRE HISTORY; RANGE EXPANSION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; TREELINE;

FOREST FIRES; PICEA MARIANA; REPRODUCTION; SOIL; SUBSTRATES;

ALASKA; BROOKS RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 38849174872     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-092     Document Type: Article

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