A model of arctic tundra vegetation derived from topographic gradients

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 187-201

  Ostendorf, Bertram ^a   Reynolds, James F ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Landscapes; Scaling up; Topography; Tussock tundra; Vegetation pattern; Water drainage

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; MODELLING; TOPOGRAPHY; TUNDRA; VEGETATION;

USA, ALASKA, BROOKS RANGE;

EID: 0031856629     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007986410048     Document Type: Article

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