Establishing GLORIA long-term alpine monitoring in southwestern British Columbia, Canada

Northwest Science

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-116

  Swerhun, Kristina ^a   Jamieson, Glen ^b   Smith, Dan J ^a   Turner, Nancy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Foundation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NATURE RESERVE; PLANT COMMUNITY; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION COVER;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; COAST MOUNTAINS; MOUNT ARROWSMITH BIOSPHERE RESERVE; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND; WHISTLER MOUNTAIN;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; CASSIOPE; CASSIOPE MERTENSIANA; CONIUM; TRACHEOPHYTA; TSUGA; TSUGA MERTENSIANA;

EID: 66849101999     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3955/046.083.0202     Document Type: Article

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