Changes in arctic vegetation on Jan Mayen Island over 19 and 80 years

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 771-781

  Kapfer, Jutta ^a,b   Virtanen, Risto ^c   Grytnes, John Arvid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Non permanent plots; Re survey; Snowbeds; Species co occurrence; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMBING PLANT; COEXISTENCE; FERN; GROWING SEASON; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); JAN MAYEN; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

BOTRYCHIUM LUNARIA; CERASTIUM CERASTOIDES; OXYRIA DIGYNA; SALIX; SALIX HERBACEA; SAXIFRAGA;

EID: 84863516790     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01395.x     Document Type: Article

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