Alpine and subalpine vegetation chronosequences following deglaciation in coastal Alaska

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 385-395

  Boggs, K ^a   Klein, S C ^a   Grunblatt, J ^b   Boucher, T ^a   Koltun, B ^b   Sturdy, M ^a   Streveler, G P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c Icy Strait Environmental Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COASTAL ZONE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEGLACIATION; DOMINANCE; GLOBAL WARMING; HERB; LAND COVER; NEOGLACIAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PEATLAND; PLEISTOCENE; RARE SPECIES; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION TYPE; WETLAND;

ALASKA; GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

ALNUS; PICEA SITCHENSIS; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; SALIX; TSUGA; TSUGA MERTENSIANA;

EID: 78649270389     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-42.4.385     Document Type: Article

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