Comparative analysis of growth rings in perennial forbs grown in an alpine restoration experiment

Annals of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 663-668

  Dietz, H ^a   Fattorini, M ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpine zone; Annual rings; Climatic fluctuations; Growth conditions; Lotus alpinus; Main roots; Perennial forbs; Potentilla aurea; Silene willdenowii; Trifolium thalii

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; GROWTH; ROOT;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LEGUME; PLANT ROOT; TIME;

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; FABACEAE; PLANT ROOTS; TIME FACTORS;

LOTUS; POTENTILLA; SILENE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM THALII;

EID: 0036844388     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcf247     Document Type: Article

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