Establishing a missing link : warm summers and winter snow cover promote shrub expansion into alpine tundra in Scandinavia

*Shrub expansion in alpine and arctic areas is a process with possibly profound implications for ecosystem functioning. The recent shrub expansion has been mainly documented by remote sensing techniques, but the drivers for this process largely remain hypotheses. *Here, we outline a dendrochronologi...

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Publié dans:The New phytologist. - 1979. - 186(2010), 4 vom: 01. Juni, Seite 890-899
Auteur principal: Hallinger, Martin (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Manthey, Michael, Wilmking, Martin
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 2010
Accès à la collection:The New phytologist
Sujets:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't