Vascular plant reproduction, establishment, and growth and the effects of cryptogamic crusts within a polar desert ecosystem, Devon Island, N.W.T., Canada

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 623-636

  Bliss, L C ^b   Gold, W G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptogamic crust; Devon Island; High Arctic; Plant establishment; Plant growth; Plant reproduction; Polar desert

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CANADA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GERMINATION; PLANT DENSITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT REPRODUCTION; SEED PRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE;

CRYPTOGAM; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH; POLAR REGION; REPRODUCTION; VASCULAR PLANT;

CANADA; DEVON ISLAND; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

DRABA CORYMBOSA; PAPAVER RADICATUM; SAXIFRAGA CAESPITOSA;

EID: 0033495815     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b99-031     Document Type: Article

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