Spatial variability of biotic and abiotic tree establishment constraints across a treeline ecotone in the Alaska Range

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 496-506

  Stueve, Kirk M ^a,e   Isaacs, Rachel E ^b   Tyrrell, Lucy E ^c   Densmore, Roseann V ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KR Biogeographic Research   (United States)

^c Denali National Park and Preserve   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Denali National Park and Preserve; Equilibrium assumption; Facilitation; Hierarchical partitioning; Landscape ecology; Permafrost; Picea glauca; Seed dispersal; Timberline; Topography; USA

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; ECOTONE; FACILITATION; GIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PERMAFROST; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TREELINE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; TREES;

ALASKA; ALASKA RANGE; DENALI NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 79955534374     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1725.1     Document Type: Article

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