Plants as indicators of snow layer duration in southern Norwegian mountains

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-68

  Odland, Arvid ^a   Munkejord, Hans Kristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alpine plant distribution; Calibration; Ecological optimum; Response curve; Weighted average

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SNOW;

ALPINE PLANT DISTRIBUTION; ECOLOGICAL OPTIMUM; RESPONSE CURVE; WEIGHTED AVERAGE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; MOUNTAIN; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SNOWMELT; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION TYPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 35148866196     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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