Variability of contemporary vegetation around Petuniabukta, central Spitsbergen

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 383-394

  Prach, Karel ^a,b   Klimešová, Jitka ^a,b   Košnar, Jiří ^a   Redčenko, Olexii ^b   Hais, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Arctic; Bryophytes; Lichens; Ordination analysis; Svalbard; Vascular plants; Vegetation mapping

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; LICHEN; MOSS; ORDINATION; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ARCTIC; PETUNIABUKTA; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84878075401     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10183-012-0026-z     Document Type: Article

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