Performance of germinating tree seedlings below and above treeline in the Swiss Alps

Plant Ecology

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 385-396

  Zurbriggen, Natalie ^a,b   Hättenschwiler, Stephan ^c   Frei, Eva S ^d   Hagedorn, Frank ^a   Bebi, Peter ^e  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d Agrofutura   (Switzerland)

^e WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine treeline; Biomass allocation; Nitrogen availability; Seedling growth; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; ECOTONE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GERMINATION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEEDLING; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; TREE; TREELINE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ALPS; DAVOS; GRAUBUNDEN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84874516169     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-013-0176-z     Document Type: Article

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