Effects of snowmelt timing on leaf traits, leaf production, and shoot growth of alpine plants: Comparisons along a snowmelt gradient in northern Sweden

Ecoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 439-450

  Kudo, Gaku ^a   Nordenhäll, Urban ^b   Molau, Ulf ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deciduous; Evergreen; Leaf longevity; Nitrogen; Season length

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RESPONSE; LEAF; LONGEVITY; PHENOLOGY; PLANT; SNOWMELT; TUNDRA;

SWEDEN;

CASSIOPE TETRAGONA; DIAPENSIA LAPPONICA; EMPETRUM HERMAPHRODITUM; IDAEA; KALMIA PROCUMBENS; LOISELEURIA PROCUMBENS; TETRAGONA; VACCINIUM VITIS IDAEA; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA; VITIS;

EID: 0033501177     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1999.11682543     Document Type: Article

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