Increasing vascular plant richness on 13 high mountain summits in Southern Norway since the early 1970s

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 458-470

  Odland, Arvid ^c   Høitomt, Torbjørn ^a   Olsen, Siri Lie ^b  

^a Biofokus   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; HOMOGENEITY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VASCULAR PLANT;

NORWAY;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 78649257265     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-42.4.458     Document Type: Article

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