Vegetation-environment interactions in a sub-arctic primary succession

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 693-706

  Cutler, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotic reaction; Divergent development; Positive feedback; Primary succession; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAVA FLOW; MICROCLIMATE; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SHRUB; SNOW COVER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WIND VELOCITY;

ICELAND;

EID: 79954422785     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0925-6     Document Type: Article

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