Importance of mountain height and latitude for the altitudinal distribution limits of vascular plants in Scandinavia: are the mountains high enough?

• Main Author: Odland, Arvid
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: distribution limit; forest limit; mountain summits; climactic change; alpine vegetation; 480; Lule Lappmark; Norway; Northern Norway; Northern Sweden; Troms
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2437958

The main aim of the present paper was to study regional differences in the altitudinal distribution limits of vascular plants in relation to mountain height and latitudinal position. Altitudinal limits from previously studied areas were compared with the altitudinal distribution limits given by Lid...