Spruce-seedbed interactions: is there facilitation of recruitment in the boreal forest-alpine tundra ecotone? (Mealy mountains, Labrador, Canada)

• Main Author: Wheeler, Julia A. C.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 2009
• Subjects: Canada; Mealy Mountains; Tundra
• Online Access: https://research.library.mun.ca/9296/; https://research.library.mun.ca/9296/1/Wheeler_JuliaAC.pdf

As climates warm, black spruce (Picea mariana) is expected to expand its range into alpine tundra. Ecological factors such as seedbed and predation may influence recruitment on regional scales. In the boreal forest, seedbed-seedling competition dominates but in the climatically-stressed Mealy Mounta...