Vegetation of zonal patterned-ground ecosystems along the North America Arctic bioclimate gradient

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 440-463

  Walker, Donald A ^a   Kuss, Patrick ^b   Epstein, Howard E ^c   Kade, Anja N ^a   Vonlanthen, Corinne M ^d   Raynolds, Martha K ^a   Daniëls, Fred J A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d Bundesamt fur Umweltschutz   (Switzerland)

^e Institute of Biology and Biotechnology of Plants   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biocomplexity; Biomass; Climate gradient; Frost heave; JUICE; n factor; Non metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS); Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI)

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 80052428082     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2011.01149.x     Document Type: Article

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