Succession on subalpine placer mine spoil: Effects of revegetation with Alnus viridis, Alaska, U.S.A.

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-303

  Densmore, Roseann V ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REVEGETATION; SUCCESSION; TREELINE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALNUS; ALNUS VIRIDIS; BETULACEAE; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; SALIX; SALIX ALAXENSIS;

EID: 24744466913     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2005)037[0297:SOSPMS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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