Invasion of Norway spruce (Picea abies) and the rise of the boreal ecosystem in Fennoscandia

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 629-640

  Seppä, Heikki ^a   Alenius, Teija ^a   Bradshaw, Richard H W ^b   Giesecke, Thomas ^c   Heikkilä, Maija ^a   Muukkonen, Petteri ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boreal ecosystem; Competitive interactions; Holocene; Invasion; Palaeoecology; Picea abies; Pollen accumulation rates; Tilia cordata

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BOREAL FOREST; COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HOLOCENE; INVASIVE SPECIES; PALEOECOLOGY; POLLEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FENNOSCANDIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ABIES; ALNUS; BETULA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CORYLUS; CORYLUS AVELLANA; MALVACEAE; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; TILIA CORDATA;

EID: 67449149013     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01505.x     Document Type: Article

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