Relationship of vegetation distribution to soil properties in Kärkevagge, Swedish Lapland

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-32

  Darmody, Robert G ^a   Thorn, Colin E ^a   Schlyter, Peter ^b   Dixon, John C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; VEGETATION COVER;

ABISKO MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; KARKEVAGGE; NORRBOTTEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

BETULA; EMPETRUM; SALIX;

EID: 3543017412     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2004)036[0021:ROVDTS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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