Comparison of vegetation-topography relationships at the alpine treeline ecotone

Physical Geography

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 125-145

  Brown, Daniel G ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine treeline ecotone; Glacier National Park; Normalized difference vegetation index; Remote sensing; Rocky Mountain National Park; Topographic influences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010416470     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723646.1994.10642509     Document Type: Article

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