Effects of flowering time and temperature on growth and reproduction in Leontodon autumnalis var. taraxaci, a late-flowering alpine plant

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 285-290

  Totland, Ørjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING TIME; GROWTH; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

ASTERACEAE; LEONTODON AUTUMNALIS; LEONTODON AUTUMNALIS TARAXACI;

EID: 0030847341     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552142     Document Type: Article

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