Expansion of subalpine woody vegetation over 40 years on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Forest Research
• Main Authors: Jackson, Michelle M., Topp, Emmeline, Gergel, Sarah E., Martin, Kathy, Pirotti, Francesco, Sitzia, Tommaso
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2016
• Subjects: British Columbia; Canada; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2015-0186; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjfr-2015-0186; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjfr-2015-0186

Climate change is leading to the global loss of open montane meadows by facilitating tree and shrub encroachment at high elevations. North America’s coastal mountains are particularly vulnerable to these changes, as they are relatively low elevation compared with interior mountains and contain only...