Potential effects of climate change on treeline position in the Swedish mountains

Ecology and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Moen, Jon ^a   Aune, Karin ^a   Edenius, Lars ^b   Angerbjörn, Anders ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii; Climate change; Mountain birch; Treeline dynamics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPERATURE; TREELINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 4243137381     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-00634-090116     Document Type: Article

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