Habitat-specific responses of alpine plants to climatic amelioration: Comparison of fellfield to snowbed communities

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 438-448

  Kudo, Gaku ^a   Kimura, Mitsuhiro ^a   Kasagi, Tetsuya ^b   Kawai, Yuka ^a   Hirao, Akira S ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECIDUOUS TREE; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; HEIGHT; OPEN-TOP CHAMBER; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REMEDIATION; SNOW COVER; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VEGETATION TYPE; VOLUME;

JAPAN;

EID: 78649289323     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-42.4.438     Document Type: Article

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