Topographic and regional patterns of tundra heath vegetation from northern Fennoscandia to the Taimyr Peninsula

Acta Botanica Fennica

Volumn , Issue 167, 1999, Pages 29-83

  Virtanen, Risto ^a   Oksanen, Lauri ^b   Razzhivin, Vladimir ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KOMAROV BOTANICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arctic; Classification; Climate; Geographical ecology; Gradient analysis; Humidity; Russia; Zonation

Indexed keywords

ARCTOSTAPHYLOS ALPINA; ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI; BETULA NANA; BRYOPHYTA; KALMIA PROCUMBENS; MYRTILLUS; PHYLLODOCE CAERULEA; SALIX; SALIX NUMMULARIA; SALIX POLARIS; UVA URSI; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 0012376990     PISSN: 00015369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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