Plant communities along environmental gradients of high-arctic mires in Sassendalen, Svalbard

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 875-884

  Vanderpuye, Archibald W ^a   Elvebakk, Arve ^a   Nilsen, Lennart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Classification; Fen; Hydrology; Marsh; Moss tundra; Ordination; Phytosociology; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; MIRE; PLANT COMMUNITY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

SASSENDALEN; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ARCTOPHILA FULVA; AVES; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CAREX; CAREX SUBSPATHACEA; CATOSCOPIUM NIGRITUM; PSEUDOCALLIERGON; PSEUDOCALLIERGON TRIFARIUM; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RODENTIA; SCORPIDIUM SCORPIOIDES; WARNSTORFIA TUNDRAE;

EID: 0036924792     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2002.tb02117.x     Document Type: Article

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