Timberline structure and limited tree recruitment in the Catalan Pyrenees

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-57

  Ninot, Jose M ^a   Batllori, Enric ^a   Carrillo, Empar ^a   Carreras, Jordi ^a   Ferré, Albert ^a   Gutiérrez, Emilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecotone; High mountain; Pinus uncinata; Treeline; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249157519     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550870802260764     Document Type: Article

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