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Influences of Animal Activity on Treeline Position and Pattern: Implications for Treeline Responses to Climate Change

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Pages 419-433 | Published online: 15 May 2013

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Steven D. Mamet & G. Peter Kershaw. (2011) Subarctic and alpine tree line dynamics during the last 400 years in north‐western and central Canada. Journal of Biogeography 39:5, pages 855-868.
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Julia A. Wheeler, Luise Hermanutz & Paul M. Marino. (2011) Feathermoss seedbeds facilitate black spruce seedling recruitment in the forest–tundra ecotone (Labrador, Canada). Oikos 120:8, pages 1263-1271.
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James D.M. Speed, Gunnar Austrheim, Alison J. Hester & Atle Mysterud. (2011) Growth limitation of mountain birch caused by sheep browsing at the altitudinal treeline. Forest Ecology and Management 261:7, pages 1344-1352.
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Amanda B. YoungDavid M. CairnsCharles W. LafonJon MoenLaura E. Martin. (2011) Dendroclimatic relationships and possible implications for mountain birch and Scots pine at treeline in northern Sweden through the 21st centuryThis article is a contribution to the series Tree recruitment, growth, and distribution at the circumpolar forest–tundra transition.. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 41:3, pages 450-459.
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