Conifer seedling recruitment across a gradient from forest to alpine tundra: Effects of species, provenance, and site

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 307-318

  Castanha, C ^a   Torn, M S ^a,b   Germino, M J ^c   Weibel, B ^d   Kueppers, L M ^a,e  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

climate gradient; common garden; local adaptation; Picea engelmannii; Pinus flexilis; seedling emergence; seedling recruitment; species range boundaries; subalpine forest; treeline

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PINUS FLEXILIS;

EID: 84885046547     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2012.716087     Document Type: Article

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