TUNDRA IN A CHANGING CLIMATE
https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2011-4-3-4-18
Abstract
About the Authors
Terry CallaghanSweden
Sheffield Centre for Arctic Ecology, Univ. Sheffield, UK; Abisko Research Station, Sweden
Andrei Velichko
Russian Federation
Institute of Geography RAS, Moscow
Olga Borisova
Russian Federation
Institute of Geography RAS, Moscow
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Callaghan T., Velichko A., Borisova O. TUNDRA IN A CHANGING CLIMATE. GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY. 2011;4(3):4-18. https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2011-4-3-4-18