Forest patches and the upward migration of timberline in the southern Peruvian Andes

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 305, Issue , 2013, Pages 204-211

  Rehm, Evan M ^a,b   Feeley, Kenneth J ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Forest patches; Microclimate; Puna; Seed dispersal; Timberline

Indexed keywords

FOREST PATCHES; MICROCLIMATE; PUNA; SEED DISPERSAL; TIMBERLINE;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXPANSION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEED;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOTONE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MICROCLIMATE; PATCHINESS; SEED DISPERSAL; TREELINE; WARMING;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; CLIMATES; DISTRIBUTION; FORESTRY; SEEDS;

ANDES; PERU;

EID: 84879727606     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.05.041     Document Type: Article

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