Latitudinal decline in stand biomass and productivity at the elevational treeline in the Ural mountains despite a common thermal growth limit

To quantify tree biomass and stand productivity of treeline ecotones and identify driving factors.

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Journal of Biogeography

• Publication date

  2020-05-15

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/jbi.13867
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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