Establishment of Pinus wallichiana on a Himalayan glacier foreland: Stochastic distribution or safe sites?

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 584-592

  Mong, Christian E ^a   Vetaas, Ole R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANALYTICAL METHOD; COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; FORELAND BASIN; GERMINATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDLING; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; STOCHASTICITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

PINACEAE; PINUS WALLICHIANA;

EID: 33845452841     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2006)38[584:EOPWOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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