Responses to natural climatic variation and experimental warming in two tundra plant species with contrasting life forms: Cassiope tetragona and Ranunculus nivalis

Global Change Biology

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages 97-107

  Molau, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; Growth; International Tundra Experiment; Open top chambers; Phenology; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; PHENOLOGY; TUNDRA;

SWEDEN, LATNJAJAURE;

EID: 0031395573     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.1997.gcb138.x     Document Type: Article

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