Recent height and diameter growth variation in scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) along the arctic margin: The importance of growing season versus non-growing season climate factors

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Mathisen, Ingrid E ^a   Hofgaard, Annika ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate gradients; Forest tundra ecotone; Height increment; Kola peninsula; Northern norway; Pinus sylvestris; Radial growth

Indexed keywords

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 79959312397     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2011.570797     Document Type: Article

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