Soil acidity, content of carbonates, and available phosphorus are the soil factors best correlated with alpine vegetation: Evidence from Troms, North Norway

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-199

  Arnesen, Geir ^a   Beck, Pieter S A ^a   Engelskjon, Torstein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BEDROCK; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CARBONATE; DIVERSITY INDEX; MAGNESIUM; PH; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VASCULAR PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; TROMS;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 34249947303     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2007)39[189:SACOCA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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