Monitoring for potential effects of climate change on the vegetation of two alpine meadows in the White Mountains of California, USA

Quaternary International

Volumn 215, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 3-14

  Ababneh, Linah ^a   Woolfenden, Wallace ^b  

^a NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOINDICATOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GLOBAL WARMING; MEADOW; VEGETATION;

INYO NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES; WHITE MOUNTAINS [CALIFORNIA-NEVADA];

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; CHRYSOTHAMNUS; MENTICIRRHUS UNDULATUS;

EID: 77649238495     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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