Climatic-ecological aspects of the arid american southwest, with special emphasis on the white mountains, california

International Geology Review

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1010-1032

  Hetzner, S ^a   Richter, M ^a   Rien, M ^a   Spengler, T ^a   Verleger, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CLIMATE DATA; PHYTOINDICATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; VEGETATION;

USA, CALIFORNIA, WHITE MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0031395604     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206819709465315     Document Type: Article

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