Changes in tree growth, biomass and vegetation over a 13-year period in the Swedish sub-Arctic

Ambio

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 672-682

  Hedenås, Henrik ^a   Olsson, Håkan ^b   Jonasson, Christer ^a   Bergstedt, Johan ^c   Dahlberg, Ulrika ^d   Callaghan, Terry V ^e,f  

^a ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Geodetic Infrastructure   (Sweden)

^e ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; Birch forest; Sub Arctic; Treeline; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; ECOTONE; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; MOSS; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SUBARCTIC REGION; TREELINE; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ARCTIC; BIOMASS; BIRCH; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; REVIEW; SWEDEN; TIME; TREE;

ARCTIC REGIONS; BETULA; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; PLANTS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

ABISKO; NORRBOTTEN; SWEDEN;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 80052523457     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-011-0173-1     Document Type: Review

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