Warming effects on shoot developmental growth and biomass production in sympatric evergreen alpine dwarf shrubs Empetrum nigrum and Loiseleuria procumbens

Ecological Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 125-132

  Wada, Naoya ^a   Shimono, Masaki ^a   Miyamoto, Michiru ^b   Kojima, Satoru ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arctic and subarctic species; Boreal species; Competition; International Tundra Experiment; Open top chamber

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROWTH RESPONSE; OPEN-TOP CHAMBER; PRODUCTIVITY; SHRUB; WARMING;

ANEMONE; ANEMONE NARCISSIFLORA; EMPETRUM; EMPETRUM NIGRUM; KALMIA; KALMIA PROCUMBENS; SOLIDAGO;

EID: 0037903083     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2002.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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