Species-richness patterns of vascular plants along seven altitudinal transects in Norway

Ecography

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 291-300

  Grytnes, John Arvid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRANSECT; VASCULAR PLANT;

NORWAY;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0038048999     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0587.2003.03358.x     Document Type: Article

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