Studies on the vegetation of fens, springs and snow fields in West Greenland

Phytocoenologia

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 849-885

  Dierssen, Klaus ^a,b   Dierssen, Barbara ^a,b  

^a Department of Geobotany ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic; C N ratio; Hydrology; Soil acidity; Synecology

Indexed keywords

PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; VEGETATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 31344454594     PISSN: 0340269X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0340-269X/2005/0035-0849     Document Type: Review

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