Vegetation shifts observed in arctic tundra 17 years after fire

Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 729-736

  Barrett, Kirsten ^a   Rocha, Adrianv ^b   Van De Weg, Martine Janet ^b   Shaver, Gaius ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84865864724     PISSN: 2150704X     EISSN: 21507058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2150704X.2012.676741     Document Type: Article

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