Effects of Simulated Environmental Changes on Growth and Growth Form in a Late Snowbed Population of Pohlia wahlenbergii (Web. et Mohr) Andr

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 341-348

  Sandvik, Sylvi M ^a   Heegaard, Einar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROWTH RESPONSE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

BRYACEAE; BRYOPHYTES; POHLIA WAHLENBERGII; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0142040875     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2003)035[0341:EOSECO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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