Climatology of the Forest-Tundra Ecotone at a Maritime Subarctic-Alpine Site, Mealy Mountains, Labrador

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Jacobs, John D., Chan, Sarah, Sutton, Elizabeth
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2014
• Subjects: Labrador; subarctic-alpine climate; forest-tundra ecotone; growing degree-days; soil temperature; nutrient flux; water balance; climate warming; climat alpin subarctique; écotone forêt-toundra; degrés-jours de croissance; température du sol; flux des nutriments; équilibre hydrique; réchauffement du climat; Mealy Mountains; Arctic; Subarctic; subarctique*; toundra; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67403

Climatological investigations were conducted from 2001 to 2009 in the central Mealy Mountains, Labrador (53.6˚ N), as part of interdisciplinary research on tree line ecology and climate change. The aim was to describe local climatic and edaphic variables along an altitudinal gradient from the closed...