Geomorphic determinants of species composition of alpine tundra, Glacier National Park, U.S.A.

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-209

  Malanson, George ^a   Bengtson, Lindsey ^b   Fagre, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TUNDRA;

GLACIER NATIONAL PARK [MONTANA]; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861489742     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-44.2.197     Document Type: Article

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