An increase in the upper tree-limit of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) in the Alps since the mid-20th century: A land-use change phenomenon

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1406-1415

  Chauchard, Sandrine ^a,b   Beilhe, Fabien ^a,b   Denis, Nicole ^a   Carcaillet, Christopher ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Dendrochronology; Land abandonment; Subalpine forest; Treeline

Indexed keywords

19TH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; ABIES ALBA; ABIES ALBA MILL; AGE STRUCTURES; CANOPY SPECIES; CENTRAL ALPS; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CLIMATIC WARMING; EXPONENTIAL INCREASE; FIR TREES; FOREST PLOTS; FORESTRY PRACTICES; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAND-USE CHANGE; MEAN AGES; PATTERN CHARACTERISTIC; PICEA ABIES; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SILVER FIR; SIMILAR PATTERN; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TREELINE;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; EMPLOYMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE; PRODUCTIVITY; SILVER;

REFORESTATION;

ABANDONED LAND; AGE STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANGE EXPANSION; REGENERATION; STAND STRUCTURE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; SUCCESSION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AGRICULTURE; EMPLOYMENT; FORESTS; LAND USE; PRODUCTIVITY; REFORESTATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SILVER;

ALPS;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS CEMBRA;

EID: 77649271740     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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