Vegetation, microclimate and soils associated with the latest-lying snowpatches in Australia

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-300

  Green, Ken ^a   Pickeringb, Catherine ^b  

^a Snowy Mountains Region   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpine; Climate change; Feldmark; Mountain; Snow; Snowy Mountains

Indexed keywords

POACEAE;

EID: 69249102252     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550870903019275     Document Type: Article

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