Plant communities and soils in cryoturbated tundra along a bioclimate gradient in the Low Arctic, Alaska

Phytocoenologia

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 761-820

  Kade, Anja ^a,b   Walker, Donald A ^a,b   Raynolds, Martha K ^a,b  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocomplexity; Braun Blanquet classification; Detrended Correspondence Analysis; Earth hummocks; Frost heave; Nonsorted circles

Indexed keywords

CRYOTURBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FROST HEAVE; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANTHELIA JURATZKANA; BRAYA GLABELLA PURPURASCENS; BRYOPHYTA; CAREX AQUATILIS; DRYAS INTEGRIFOLIA; EQUUS ASINUS; JUNCUS BIGLUMIS; PUCCINELLIA ANGUSTATA; SALIX; SALIX ARCTICA; SCORPIDIUM SCORPIOIDES; VITIS; VITIS SP.;

EID: 31344481930     PISSN: 0340269X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0340-269X/2005/0035-0761     Document Type: Review

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