Twenty-Five Year Record of Changes in Plant Cover on Tundra of Northeastern Alaska

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 785-806

  Jorgenson, Janet C ^a   Raynolds, Martha K ^b   Reynolds, Joel H ^c,d   Benson, Anna Marie ^c  

^a Arctic National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c National Wildlife Refuge System   (United States)

^d Arctic Landscape Conservation Cooperative   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLOODPLAIN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH FORM; PLANT COMMUNITY; SATELLITE DATA; SNOWMELT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBSIDENCE; TUNDRA; VEGETATION COVER;

ALASKA; ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTES; EQUISETALES;

EID: 84946053802     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: 19384246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/AAAR0014-097     Document Type: Article

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