Impacts of climate change on the establishment, distribution, growth and mortality of Swiss stone pine (Pinus cembra L.)

IForest

Volumn 3, Issue JULY, 2010, Pages 82-85

  Boden, Simon ^a   Pyttel, P ^a   Eastaugh, C S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Climate change; Distribution shift; Mortality; Swiss stone pine; Tree growth; Treeline

Indexed keywords

PINUS CEMBRA;

EID: 84861566856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19717458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3832/ifor0537-003     Document Type: Review

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