Trade-offs among investments in different long-shoot functions - Variation among mountain birch individuals

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 915-921

  Karlsson, P S ^a,b   Olsson, L ^b,c   Hellstrom K ^b,d  

^a ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

^d NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Betula pubescens ssp. tortuosa; male reproduction; meristem production; reproductive costs; subarctic

Indexed keywords

CATKIN; HERBIVORY; MERISTEM; MOUNTAIN BIRCH; REPRODUCTIVE COST; TRADE-OFF;

SWEDEN;

BETULA PUBESCENS TORTUOSA; BETULACEAE;

EID: 0030303542     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960562     Document Type: Article

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