Plant functional types as predictors of transient responses of arctic vegetation to global change

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 347-358

  Chapin III, F Stuart ^a   Bret Harte, M Syndonia ^a   Hobbie, Sarah E ^a   Zhong, Hailin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC VEGETATION; CLIMATIC CHANGE; FUNCTIONAL TYPE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH FORM;

EID: 0029660498     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236278     Document Type: Article

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