A 23-year assessment of vegetation composition and change in the Adirondack Alpine zone, New York State

Rhodora

Volumn 112, Issue 952, 2010, Pages 355-377

  Robinson, Sean C ^a,b,c   Ketchledge, Edwin H ^a   Fitzgerald, Brian T ^a   Raynal, Dudley J ^a   Kimmerer, Robin W ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Adirondack Mountains; alpine flora; bryophytes; permanent transect; succession; vegetation change

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79952142428     PISSN: 00354902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3119/09-03.1     Document Type: Article

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