A model of alpine species distribution in relation to snowmelt time and altitude

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 493-504

  Heegaard, Einar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate; GAM; Response; Snow

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDE; CLIMATE; PLANT; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FINSE; HARDANGERVIDDA; NORWAY;

EID: 0036669479     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2002.tb02076.x     Document Type: Article

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