Quantifying the effect of local shelter on tree growth patterns within upper treeline ecotones in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming

• Main Author: Mackley, Nathan
• Other Authors: Elliott, Grant P.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Missouri--Columbia 2017
• Subjects: Ecotones; Trees > Growth > Environmental aspects; Elliott; Tundra
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10355/62358; https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/62358

Dr. Grant P. Elliott, Thesis Supervisor. On Bruce Mountain in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming, the upper treeline ecotone has advanced upslope since 1970 and to the highest extent in at least the past 210 years. However, the mechanisms facilitating tree establishment and treeline advance during thi...