Treelines will be understood once the functional difference between a tree and a shrub is

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Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL.3, 2012, Pages 197-206

  Körner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate; Forest limit; Growth; Stress; Temperature; Timberline

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FREEZING; GRASS; HERB; LATITUDE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SHRUB; SIZE EFFECT; TREELINE;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TREE; WOOD;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANT STEMS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WOOD;

EID: 84867465337     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-012-0313-2     Document Type: Review

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