Patterned-ground plant communities along a bioclimate gradient in the High Arctic, Canada

Phytocoenologia

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 23-63

  Vonlanthen, Corinne M ^a   Walker, Donald A ^a   Raynolds, Martha K ^a   Kade, Anja ^a   Kuss, Patrick ^a   Daniëls, Fred J A ^b   Matveyeva, Nadezhda V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Institute of Plant Ecology   (Germany)

^c KOMAROV BOTANICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biocomplexity; Braun Blanquet classification; Earth hummocks; Non sorted circles; Non sorted polygons; Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FROST HEAVE; PERMAFROST; PLANT; SOIL MOISTURE; TUNDRA; VEGETATION TYPE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

BRAYA GLABELLA; BRYOPHYTA; CAREX AQUATILIS; CAREX RUPESTRIS; COCHLEARIA GROENLANDICA; DRYAS INTEGRIFOLIA; ERIOPHORUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; HYPOGYMNIA SUBOBSCURA; LECANORA EPIBRYON; LUZULA ARCTICA ARCTICA; ORTHOTRICHUM SPECIOSUM; PAPAVER; PAPAVER RADICATUM; PARMELIA OMPHALODES; POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA VAHLIANA; PUCCINELLIA ANGUSTATA; SALIX; SALIX ARCTICA; SAXIFRAGA;

EID: 52049122163     PISSN: 0340269X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0340-269X/2008/0038-0023     Document Type: Article

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