Snow depth and vegetation pattern in a late-melting snowbed analyzed by GPS and GIS in the Giant Mountains, Czech Republic

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 90-98

  Hejcman, M ^a   Dvorak, I J ^b   Kocianova, M ^b   Pavlu, V ^c   Nezerkova, P ^a   Vitek, O ^d   Rauch, O ^e   Jenik, J ^e  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b Krkono e National Park Administration   (Czech Republic)

^c CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^d Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

^e INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIS; GPS; ORDINATION; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KARKONOSZE MOUNTAINS; SUDETES;

DESCHAMPSIA CESPITOSA; DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA FLEXUOSA; GNAPHALIUM; NARDUS STRICTA; OMALOTHECA SUPINA; POACEAE;

EID: 33244483046     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2006)038[0090:SDAVPI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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