Topographic and altitudinal patterns of heath vegetation on Vannøya and the northern Varanger Peninsula, northern Norway

Acta Botanica Fennica

Volumn , Issue 167, 1999, Pages 3-28

  Virtanen, Risto ^a   Pöyhtäri, Priitta ^b   Oksanen, Lauri ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Umeå University ^*  (Finland)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alpine vegetation; Arctic vegetation; Classification; Northern fennoscandia; Ordination; Plant communities; Vegetation zonation

Indexed keywords

BETULA NANA; BRYOPHYTA; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; DICRANUM; EMPETRUM; GYMNOMITRION; MYRTILLUS; OCHROLECHIA; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS GLACIALIS; SALIX; SALIX HERBACEA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 0039938665     PISSN: 00015369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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