Environmental and spatial influences of shrub cover (Alnus viridis DC.) on vegetation diversity at the upper treeline in the inner western Alps

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-55

  Anthelme, Fabien ^a   Michalet, Richard ^b   Barbaro, Luc ^a   Brun, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

ALPS; EUROPE;

ALNUS; ALNUS VIRIDIS; BETULACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0242417544     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2003)035[0048:EASIOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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