Interactions between snow, canopy, and vegetation in a boreal coniferous forest

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-65

  Rasmus, Sirpa ^a   Lundell, Robin ^a   Saarinen, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dwarf shrubs; Mosses; Snow; Spatial distribution; Trees; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; DICRANUM POLYSETUM; HYLOCOMIUM SPLENDENS; LINNAEA BOREALIS; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VITACEAE;

EID: 79959324138     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2011.558126     Document Type: Article

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