Vegetation patterns, plant distribution and life forms across the alpine zone in southern Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

Austral Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 423-440

  Mark, Alan F ^a   Dickinson, Katharine J M ^a   Allen, Jan ^b   Smith, Rob ^b   West, Carol J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS AND DOMAIN TRUST   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine vegetation; Life forms; Scale; Solifluction terraces; Species ranges; Species richness; Subantarctic; Tierra del Fuego

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038216700     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2001.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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