Two GLORIA long‐term alpine monitoring sites established in New Zealand as part of a global network

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 111-128

  Mark, Alan F ^a   Dickinson, Katharine J M ^a   Maegli, Tanja ^a   Halloy, Stephan R P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Air temperatures; Alpine flora; Central Otago; Fiordland; Global warming; GLORIA monitoring programme; Mt Burns; New Zealand contribution; Pisa Range; Soil temperatures

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MONITORING; PLANT; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

MIMOSA;

EID: 33750220785     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2006.9517804     Document Type: Article

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