Effects of shading, nutrient application and warming on leaf growth and shoot densities of dwarf shrubs in two arctic-alpine plant communities

Ecoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 191-198

  Graglia, Enrico ^a   Jonasson, Sven ^a   Michelsen, Anders ^a   Schmidt, Inger K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic alpine; Climate change; Dwarf shrub; Growth response; Leaf area index

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DWARF SHRUB; FELLFIELD; FERTILIZATION; HEATH; LEAF GROWTH; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHADING; SHOOT DENSITY; WARMING;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0031460325     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1997.11682395     Document Type: Article

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