Validation of a simplified point frame method to detect change in tundra vegetation

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1815-1823

  May, Jeremy L ^a,b   Hollister, Robert D ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate change; ITEX; Plant community; Vegetation change; Vegetation sampling

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; TUNDRA; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869152732     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-012-1224-1     Document Type: Article

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