Positive shrub-tree interactions facilitate woody encroachment in boreal peatlands

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 58-66

  Holmgren, Milena ^a   Lin, Ching Yen ^a   Murillo, Julian E ^a   Nieuwenhuis, Annelies ^a   Penninkhof, Joyce ^a   Sanders, Natasja ^a   van Bart, Thomas ^a   van Veen, Huib ^a   Vasander, Harri ^b   Vollebregt, Marlies E ^a   Limpens, Juul ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boreal forests; Climate change; Competition; Critical transition; Ecosystem shift; Facilitation; Peatbog; Plant plant interactions; Resilience; Tree seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84921905967     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12331     Document Type: Article

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