Relationships among environmental variables and distribution of tree species at high elevation in the olympic mountains

Northwest Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 10-22

  Woodward, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SOIL MOISTURE;

USA, WASHINGTON, OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK, HURRICANE RIDGE;

ABIES AMABILIS; ABIES LASIOCARPA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TSUGA MERTENSIANA;

EID: 0031923908     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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