Changes versus homeostasis in alpine and sub-alpine vegetation over three decades in the sub-arctic

Ambio

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL.3, 2012, Pages 187-196

  Hedenås, Henrik ^a,b   Carlsson, Bengt Å ^c   Emanuelsson, Urban ^d   Headley, Alistair D ^e   Jonasson, Christer ^b   Svensson, Brita M ^c   Callaghan, Terry V ^f,g  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Biodiversity Centre   (Sweden)

^e not available   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem structure; Heaths; Meadows; Mountain birch forest; Plant biodiversity; Plant community ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASS; HEATHLAND; HOMEOSTASIS; MEADOW; MONTANE FOREST; SEDGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBARCTIC REGION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ABISKO; NORRBOTTEN; SWEDEN;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOMEOSTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TIME;

ARCTIC REGIONS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOMEOSTASIS; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867452759     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-012-0312-3     Document Type: Article

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