Tree-line structure and dynamics at the northern limit of the larch forest: Anabar Plateau, Siberia, Russia

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 526-537

  Kharuk, Viacheslav I ^a   Ranson, Kenneth J ^b   Im, Sergey T ^a   Oskorbin, Pavel A ^a   Dvinskaya, Maria L ^a   Ovchinnikov, Dmitriy V ^a  

^a SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; ECOTONE; FOREST; GROWTH; LITTLE ICE AGE; MIGRATION; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; STAND STRUCTURE; SUBFOSSIL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE; TREELINE; TUNDRA; WARMING;

ANABAR SHIELD; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA; SIBERIA; SIBERIAN PLATFORM;

EID: 84888859439     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-45.4.526     Document Type: Article

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