Maritime tree limit of black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) exposed to salt-laden winter storms

• Main Authors: Þorbergur Hjalti Jónsson 1959-, Aðalsteinn Sigurgeirsson 1962-
• Other Authors: Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Skógrækt; Alaskaösp; Heimaey; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/20039

Maritime tree limits are rarely defined or addressed in the scientific literature. It has been proposed that maritime tree limits are ultimately set by airborne salt inducing top shoot dieback. The maritime tree limit would then be at the point of zero average net height increment. In order to evalu...