Experimental evidence for herbivore limitation of the treeline

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3414-3420

  Speed, James D M ^a   Austrheim, Gunnar ^a   Hester, Alison J ^b   Mysterud, Atle ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Betula pubescens tortuosa; Browsing; Ecotone shifts; Encroachment; Grazing; Mountain birch; Sheep; Southern scandes, Norway; Treeline limitation; Vegetation state change

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOTONE; LAND USE CHANGE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SAPLING; SHEEP; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREELINE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRCH; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BETULA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NORWAY; SHEEP;

NORWAY;

BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78249235638     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-2300.1     Document Type: Article

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