Recovery of productivity and species diversity in tussock tundra following disturbance

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 254-258

  Vavrek, Milan C ^a   Fetcher, Ned ^b   McGraw, James B ^c   Shaver, G R ^d   Chapin III, F Stuart ^e   Bovard, Brian ^f  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TUNDRA;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0032783981     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552254     Document Type: Article

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