Monitoring the effects of global warming using peripheral rare plants in wet alpine tundra in Glacier National Park, Montana, 1989 Progress Report
Lesica P and McCune B. 1989. Monitoring the effects of global warming using peripheral rare plants in wet alpine tundra in Glacier National Park, Montana, 1989 Progress Report. Missoula, MT
Progress report on a study to monitor the effects of climatic changes on six tundra species that are at the southern limit of their range in Glacier National Park. 'This report describes the location of the new transect and transect addition, reports canopy cover data for lichen and bryophyte species in all transects, and presents data on the variation in indicator species density during the first two years of the baseline study.' The transects are in the Logan Pass area of the park.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Lesica, Peter; McCune, Bruce
- Date of Issue
- 1989
- Units
- GLAC
- Keywords
- Alpine Zone, Bryophytes (Bryophyta), Global Climate Change, Indicator Species, Lichen (Mycophycophyta), Logan Pass Glacier National Park MT, Monitoring, Plant Studies, Plants (Plantae), Population Density, Rare Species, Transects, Tundra