Vegetation as tool in the characterisation of geomorphological forms and processes: An example from the Abisko Mountains

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 233-244

  Kozlowska, Anna ^a   Raczkowska, Zofia ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL ORGANIZATION   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Geomorphological processes and forms; Sub Arctic; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORM; SUBARCTIC REGION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ABISKO MOUNTAINS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036971797     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.2002.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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