Regeneration of trees in the treeline ecotone: northern Finnish Lapland

The objective of our research was to find out if forest will invade the treeless areas in the present treeline ecotone in northern Finnish Lapland and which factors might impede forest advance. The field studies were carried out on Ailakkavaara near Kilpisjärvi, in the Pallastunturi area, and in nor...

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Main Authors: Friedrich-Karl Holtmeier, Gabriele Broll, Andreas Müterthies, Kerstin Anschlag
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Geographical Society of Finland 2003
Subjects:
geo
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/4f2241191c4341f28f90d4efa660d73f