Vascular plant species richness in Alaskan arctic tundra: The importance of soil pH

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-66

  Gough, Laura ^a,b   Shaver, Gaius R ^b   Carroll, Jenny ^b   Royer, Dana L ^b   Laundre, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Landscape age; Spatial heterogeneity; Species density; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENT; PH; SOIL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TUNDRA; UNITED STATES;

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; HETEROGENEITY; PH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBSTRATE; TUNDRA; VASCULAR PLANT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034066576     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00426.x     Document Type: Article

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