Phytomass patterns across a temperature gradient of the North American arctic tundra

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Epstein, Howard E ^a   Walker, Donald A ^c   Raynolds, Martha K ^c   Jia, Gensuo J ^b   Kelley, Alexia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; CLIMATE VARIATION; PHYTOMASS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 69549088362     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JG000555     Document Type: Article

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