Proglacial succession of biological soil crusts and vascular plants: Biotic interactions in the High Arctic

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1714-1731

  Breen, Katie ^a   Lévesque, Esther ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Arctic; Biological soil crusts; Facilitation; Glacier retreat; Plants; Succession

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GLACIERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

ARCTIC; BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; GLACIER RETREAT;

SOILS;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DICOTYLEDON; FACILITATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOIL STRUCTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION TYPE;

BIODIVERSITY; PLANTS; SOIL;

DRYAS INTEGRIFOLIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; SALIX; SALIX ARCTICA; SAXIFRAGA OPPOSITIFOLIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 34248371628     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B06-131     Document Type: Article

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