Tall deciduous shrubs offset delayed start of growing season through rapid leaf development in the Alaskan arctic tundra

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 682-697

  Sweet, Shannan K ^a,b   Gough, Laura ^c   Grffin, Kevin L ^a,b   Boelman, Natalie T ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDBURST; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEPTH; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMERGENCE; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; LEAF; NITROGEN; SHRUB; SNOW COVER; TUNDRA; WARMING;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; NORTH SLOPE; UNITED STATES;

SALIX PULCHRA;

EID: 84938783747     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: 19384246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-46.3.682     Document Type: Article

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