Can soil temperature direct the composition of high arctic plant communities?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 535-542

  Brooker, Rob ^a   Van Der Wal, René ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Herbivore; Plant functional type; Soil warming; Spitsbergen

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GROWTH FORM; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; VASCULAR PLANT;

SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

BRYOPHYTA; CYPERACEAE; JUNCUS; POACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0141906417     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02180.x     Document Type: Article

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