Phytogeomorphic influence of stone covers and boulders on plant distribution and slope processes in high-mountain areas

Geography Compass

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1774-1803

  Perez, Francisco L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BOULDER; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; MOUNTAIN REGION; NICHE; PLANT; SLOPE; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; TALUS; UPLAND REGION; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 77950368336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2009.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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