Defining a successional metric for lichen communities in the arctic tundra

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 373-377

  Holt, Emily A ^a   McCune, Bruce ^a   Neitlich, Peter ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; GRAZING; LICHEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748774970     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2006)38[373:DASMFL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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