Evaluation of Percent Cover Requirements for Revegetation of Disturbed Sites on Alaska's North Slope

Arctic

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 234-248

  Streever, W J ^a,b   McKendrick, J ^c   Fanter, L ^d   Anderson, S C ^a   Kidd, J ^e   Portier, K M ^f  

^a WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^c Lazy Mountain Research   (United States)

^d U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^e ABR Inc   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Arctic; North Slope; Oil fields; Percent cover; Performance standards; Rehabilitation; Restoration; Revegetation; Tundra

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ORDINATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; TUNDRA; VEGETATION COVER;

ALASKA; NORTH SLOPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142167556     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic619     Document Type: Article

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