Response of Arctic ecosystems to climate change: Results of long-term field experiments in Sweden and Alaska

Polar Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 245-252

  Shaver, Gaius R ^a   Jonasson, Sven ^b  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE;

ABISKO; ALASKA; SWEDEN; TOOLIK LAKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033507034     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.1999.tb00300.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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