Intraspecific variations in seedling emergence and survival of Potentilla matsumurae (Rosaceae) between alpine fellfield and snowbed habitats

Annals of Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-29

  Shimono, Yoshiko ^a   Kudo, Gaku ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fellfield; Germination pattern; Intraspecific variation; Potentilla matsumurae Th. Wolf; Seedling survivorship; Snowbed; Temperature fluctuation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GERMINATION; HABITAT TYPE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POTENTILLA; SEEDLING;

GERMINATION; POTENTILLA; SEEDLING; VARIATION (GENETICS);

JAPAN;

CANIS; POTENTILLA; ROSACEAE;

EID: 0037242424     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcg002     Document Type: Article

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