Plant community variation across a puna landscape in the Chilean Andes

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 233-243

  Lambrinos, John G ^a,b   Kleier, Catherine C ^a,c   Rundel, Philip W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altiplano; Cushion plants; Growth form; High Andean vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746768202     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: 0716078X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-078X2006000200009     Document Type: Article

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