Temperature, heat flux, and reflectance of common subarctic mosses and lichens under field conditions: Might changes to community composition impact climate-relevant surface fluxes?

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 500-508

  Stoy, Paul ^a   Street, Lorna ^b,c   Johnson, Aiden ^a   Prieto Blanco, Ana ^d   Ewing, Stephanie ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; BRYOPHYTE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HEAT BALANCE; LICHEN; MODIS; MOSS; REFLECTANCE; SNOW COVER; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; SUBARCTIC REGION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CLADONIA; CLADONIA RANGIFERINA; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI; POLYTRICHUM PILIFERUM; RANGIFER TARANDUS; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM FUSCUM;

EID: 84870189311     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-44.4.500     Document Type: Article

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