Establishment, expansion and regeneration of aspen (Populus tremula) in the Torneträsk area, subarctic Sweden, supplement to: Van Bogaert, Rik; Jonasson, Christer; De Dapper, Morgan; Callaghan, Terry V (2010): Range expansion of thermophilic aspen (Populus tremula L.) in the swedish Subarctic. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 42(3), 362-375

• Main Authors: Van Bogaert, Rik, Jonasson, Christer, De Dapper, Morgan, Callaghan, Terry V
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2010
• Subjects: Biological sample; International Polar Year 2007-2008 IPY; Arctic; Antarctic; Torneträsk; Antarc*; International Polar Year; IPY; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.841218; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.841218

In subarctic Sweden, recent decadal colonization and expansion of aspen (Populus tremula L.) were recorded. Over the past 100 years, aspen became c. 16 times more abundant, mainly as a result of increased sexual regeneration. Moreover, aspen now reach tree-size (>2 m) at the alpine treeline, an e...