Assocaition of plant distribution patterns and microenvironments on patterned ground in a polar desert, Devon Island, N.W.T., Canada

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-107

  Anderson, David G ^a   Bliss, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PATTERNED GROUND; PLANT; POLAR FRONT;

CANADA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 0031861288     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552124     Document Type: Article

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