Female gametophyte and embryo development of black spruce along a shore-hinterland climatic gradient of a recently created reservoir, northern Quebec

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-69

  Sirois, Luc ^a   Bégin, Yves ^b   Parent, Johanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Climate change; Cone development; Northern boreal forests; Picea mariana; Seed maturation

Indexed keywords

CANADA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GAMETOPHYTE; MATURATION; PLANT EMBRYOGENESIS; SEED DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; SPRUCE;

CANADA; QUEBEC;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 0033508969     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b98-198     Document Type: Article

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