Do shifting forest limits in south-west Norway keep up with climate change?

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 574-580

  Rannow, Sven ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGICAL URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; CORONA images; forest dynamics; Hardangervidda; remote sensing; Scandes; timberline

Indexed keywords

CORONA IMAGES; FOREST DYNAMICS; HARDANGERVIDDA; SCANDES; TIMBERLINE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATES; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84880343437     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2013.793776     Document Type: Article

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