Essays about: "fluctuating asymmetry"

Found 1 essay containing the words fluctuating asymmetry.

  1. 1. Within-tree fluctuating asymmetry of mountain birch in subarctic Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Kesi Stoneking; [2011]
    Keywords : Mountain Birch; fluctuating asymmetry; Betula pubescens ssp. Czerepanovii; treeline;

    Abstract : The mountain birch ecosystem forms the northern treeline in subarctic Europe. Since the treeline isextremely sensitive to temperature, stress in mountain birch can be used as an indicator of stress onthe ecosystem as a whole, and in predictions of how climate change factors will influence thesubalpine-tundra ecotone and treeline dynamics. READ MORE