Treeline (Pinus sylvestris) landscape evolution in the Swedish Scandes - a 40-year demographic effort viewed in a broader temporal context

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 155-167

  Kullman, Leif ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

climate variability; landscape change; mortality; recruitment; treeline ecotone demography

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOTONE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SUMMER; TREELINE; TUNDRA; WINTER;

SCANDES MOUNTAINS; SWEDEN;

BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84898648500     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: 15025292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291951.2014.904402     Document Type: Article

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