Ecological significance of litter redistribution by wind and snow in arctic landscapes

Ecography

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 623-631

  Fahnestock, J T ^a   Povirk, K L ^a   Welker, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; LITTER; NUTRIENT; REDEPOSITION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0033788546     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2000.tb00181.x     Document Type: Article

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