Altitudinal and polar treelines in the northern hemisphere causes and response to climate change

Polarforschung

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 139-153

  Holtmeier, Friedrich Karl ^a,b   Broll, Gabriele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b University of Osnabrück ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECOTONE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HETEROGENEITY; INJURY; LITTLE ICE AGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; POLAR REGION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEEDLING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TREELINE; TUNDRA; WARMING;

EID: 79551662519     PISSN: 00322490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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