Population strategies in severe environments: Alpine plants in the northwestern Caucasus

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-40

  Onipchenko, Vladimir G ^a   Semenova, Galina V ^a,b   Van Der Maarel, Eddy ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alpine meadow; Cluster Analysis; Lichen heath; Principal Components Analysis; Reproduction; Seed bank; Snowbed community

Indexed keywords

ALPINE PLANT; LICHEN HEATH; LIFE HISTORY STRATEGY; MOUNTAIN GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; SNOWBED;

CAUCASUS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

FESTUCA VARIA; GERANIUM GYMNOCAULON; GNAPHALIUM SUPINUM; HEDYSARUM CAUCASICUM; MATRICARIA CAUCASICA; SIBBALDIA PROCUMBENS;

EID: 0031918306     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237220     Document Type: Article

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