Effects of recreational traffic on alpine plant communities in the northern Canadian Rockies

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 277-287

  Crisfield, Varina ^a   MacDonald, S ^a   Gould, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Parks and Recreation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; FROST; INFILTRATION; LICHEN; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEADOW; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REGENERATION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAMPLING; TUNDRA; VASCULAR PLANT;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84870666571     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-44.3.277     Document Type: Article

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