Interactions between vegetation, nutrients and moisture in soils in the Pangnirtung Pass Area, Baffin Island, Canada

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 265-277

  Broll, Gabriele ^a   Tarnocai, Charles ^b   Mueller, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baffin Island; Cryosols; Nutrient cycling; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MOLLISOL; PERMAFROST; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL WATER; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

CANADA;

EID: 0033374003     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1530(199907/09)10:3<265::AID-PPP326>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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