Seed bank size and composition of Betula nana, Vaccinium uliginosum, and Campanula rotundifolia habitats in Svalbard and northern Norway

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 220-231

  Alsos, Inger Greve ^a   Spjelkavik, Sigmund ^b   Engelskjøn, Torstein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic alpine; Betula nana; Campanula rotundifolia; Seed bank; Sexual reproduction; Thermophily; Vaccinium uliginosum

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPOSITION; HARDWOODS; SEED; SOILS;

GERMINATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GERMINATION; RARE SPECIES; SEED BANK; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

NORWAY; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

BETULA; BETULA NANA; CAMPANULA; CAMPANULA ROTUNDIFOLIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ULIGINOSUM;

EID: 0038115695     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b03-018     Document Type: Article

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