Changes in height growth patterns in the upper tree-line forests of tierra del Fuego in relation to climate change;Cambios en los patrones de crecimiento de los bosques del límite superior altitudinal de Tierra del fuego en relación al cambio climático

Bosque

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 267-270

  Ivancich, Horacio S ^a   Pastur, Guillermo J Martínez ^a   Roig, Fidel A ^b   Barrera, Marcelo D ^c   Pulido, Fernando ^d  

^a CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS Y FORESTALES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Forest structure; Height growth; Nothofagus; Tree line

Indexed keywords

NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS PUMILIO;

EID: 84872743616     PISSN: 03048799     EISSN: 07179200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-92002012000300006     Document Type: Article

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