Effects of willow canopies on plant species performance in a low-alpine community

Plant Ecology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 157-166

  Totland, Orjan ^a   Esaete, Josephine ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Abiotic environment; Competition; Facilitation; Photosyntetically active radiation; Salix lapponum; Willow belt

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACILITATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION;

BISTORTA; EUPHRASIA; EUPHRASIA FRIGIDA; POLYGONUM VIVIPARUM; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR; SALIX;

EID: 0036394675     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020345632498     Document Type: Article

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