Responses of Dryas octopetala to ITEX environmental manipulations: A synthesis with circumpolar comparisons

Global Change Biology

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages 61-73

  Welker, J M ^a,b   Molau, U ^c   Parsons, A N ^b   Robinson, C H ^d   Wookey, P A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alpine; Arctic; Climate change; Comparative studies; Dwarf shrub; ITEX; Tundra

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CHANGE; ITEX; MOUNTAIN AVENS; TUNDRA;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SWEDEN, ABISKO; USA, ALASKA, TOOLIK LAKE; USA, COLORADO, NIWOT RIDGE;

EID: 0031399023     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.1997.gcb143.x     Document Type: Article

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