Patterns of shrub abundance and relationships with other plant types within the forest–tundra ecotone in northern Canada

Throughout the forest–tundra ecotone where trees and tall shrubs are becoming more abundant, knowledge of associations between shrubs and surrounding vegetation could inform predictions of their changing relationships. We assessed shrubs in 1 m × 1 m contiguous quadrats along two ∼450 m transects ac...

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Main Authors: Karen A. Harper, Amanda A. Lavallee, Pavel Dodonov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2018-12-01
Series:Arctic Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2017-0028