High Arctic vegetation after 70 years: A repeated analysis from Svalbard

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 635-639

  Prach, Karel ^a,b   Kosnar J ^a   Klimešová, Jitka ^b   Hais, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Climate change; Succession; Svalbard; Vascular plants; Vegetation mapping

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BRYOPHYTE; CLIMATE CHANGE; SUCCESSION; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77952429242     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0739-6     Document Type: Article

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