Tree line shifts in the Swiss Alps: Climate change or land abandonment?

Questions: Did the forest area in the Swiss Alps increase between 1985 and 1997? Does the forest expansion near the tree line represent an invasion into abandoned grasslands (ingrowth) or a true upward shift of the local tree line? What land cover / land use classes did primarily regenerate to fores...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of vegetation science 2007-08, Vol.18 (4), p.571-582
Hauptverfasser:	Gehrig-Fasel, Jacqueline, Guisan, Antoine, Zimmermann, Niklaus E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Altitude Analysis Climate change Climate models Climatic changes Climatic tree line ecological invasion ecotones Environmental aspects Forest cover Forest cover change Forest dynamics forest ecology Forest ingrowth Forest regeneration grasslands Influence Land use Land use change Montane forests Moving window analysis natural regeneration Pixels Switzerland Timberline Timberlines treeline Trees Upward shift
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