Topography and vegetation as predictors of snow water equivalent across the alpine treeline ecotone at Lee Ridge, Glacier National Park, Montana, U.S.A.

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-205

  Geddes, Christine A ^a   Brown, Daniel G ^a   Fagre, Daniel B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; GLACIER NATIONAL PARK [BRITISH COLUMBIA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 19944418786     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2005)037[0197:TAVAPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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