Ecological importance of ambient solar ultraviolet radiation to a sub-arctic heath community

Plant Ecology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 263-273

  Phoenix, Gareth K ^a   Gwynn Jones, Dylan ^a,b   Lee, John A ^a   Callaghan, Terry V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dwarf shrubs; Empetrum; Growth; Reproduction; UV B absorbing compounds; Vaccinium

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND LEVEL; GROWTH; HEATHLAND; PHENOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; REPRODUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

SWEDEN;

EMPETRUM; EMPETRUM HERMAPHRODITUM; IDAEA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ULIGINOSUM; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA; VITIS;

EID: 0037287102     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022276831900     Document Type: Article

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