Erratum to: Temperature, precipitation and biotic interactions as determinants of tree seedling recruitment across the tree line ecotone (Oecologia, (2015), 179, (599-608), DOI 10.1007/s00442-015-3360-0);Temperature, precipitation and biotic interactions as determinants of tree seedling recruitment across the tree line ecotone

Oecologia

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 599-608

  Tingstad, Lise ^a,b   Olsen, Siri Lie ^c,d   Klanderud, Kari ^d   Vandvik, Vigdis ^a   Ohlson, Mikael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate gradients; Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris; Seed sowing experiment

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOTONE; LIFE HISTORY; SEEDLING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

RAIN;

BIOMASS; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SCOTS PINE; SEEDLING; SPRUCE; TEMPERATURE;

BIOMASS; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD TEMPERATURE; NORWAY; PICEA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; RAIN; SEEDLINGS; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84941942448     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3535-8     Document Type: Erratum

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