Distinct patterns in alpine vegetation around dens of the Arctic fox

Ecography

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-87

  Bruun, Hans Henrik ^a,b   Österdahl, Sofia ^c   Moen, Jon ^c   Angerbjörn, Anders ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEN; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; NICHE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; CANIDAE; LAGOPUS; POACEAE; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); VULPES;

EID: 13944263696     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2005.04033.x     Document Type: Article

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