Temperature and sheltering determine patterns of seedling establishment in an advancing subtropical treeline

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 711-721

  Greenwood, Sarah ^b   Chen, Jan Chang ^a   Chen, Chaur Tzuhn ^a   Jump, Alistair S ^b  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abies kawakamii; Alpine forest; Microclimates; Microtopography; Regeneration; Subtropics; Taiwan; Treeline advance

Indexed keywords

AGE; AIR TEMPERATURE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOTONE; EXTINCTION; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RATE; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHELTER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREELINE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CHUNGYANG RANGE; TAIWAN;

ABIES KAWAKAMII;

EID: 84931562531     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12269     Document Type: Article

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