Response of northeastern North American forests to climate change: Will soil conditions constrain tree species migration?

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 279-289

  Lafleur, Benoit ^a   Paré, David ^b   Munson, Alison D ^c   Bergeron, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Climate change; Soil properties; Temperate forest; Tree migration

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; SOILS;

BOREAL FORESTS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; PLANT DISTRIBUTIONS; PRECIPITATION REGIMES; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL PROPERTY; TEMPERATE FORESTS; TREE MIGRATION;

FORESTRY;

EID: 80053571124     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/A10-013     Document Type: Review

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