Advancing towards novel tree lines? A multispecies approach to recent tree line dynamics in subarctic alpine Labrador, northern Canada

• Published in: Journal of Biogeography
• Main Authors: Trant, Andrew J., Hermanutz, Luise
• Other Authors: Vetaas, Ole, Government of Canada Program for International Polar Year, Northern Scientific Training Program, Arctic Institute of North America, Memorial University
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2014
• Subjects: Subarctic; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12287; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fjbi.12287; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jbi.12287

Abstract Aim Comparisons of how different species respond to changing climatic conditions offer insight into future community composition and the potential formation of novel communities. This study investigated changes at a subarctic forest–tundra ecotone, or ‘tree line’. Our objectives were: (1) t...