Shrub expansion in SW greenland under modest regional warming: Disentangling effects of human disturbance and grazing

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 515-525

  Jørgensen, Rasmus H ^a   Meilby, Henrik ^a   Kollmann, Johannes ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISTURBANCE; EXPANSION; GLOBAL WARMING; GRAZING; RANGE EXPANSION; SHRUB; TUNDRA; VEGETATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84888862098     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-45.4.515     Document Type: Article

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