C4 grasses in boreal fens: Their occurrence in relation to microsite characteristics

Oecologia

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 330-337

  Kubien, David S ^a,b   Sage, Rowan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

C4; Climate; Fens; Muhlenbergia glomerata; Temperature

Indexed keywords

C4 PLANT; ELEVATION; FEN; LATITUDE; WOODY PLANT;

CANADA;

BRYOPHYTA; MUHLENBERGIA GLOMERATA; POACEAE;

RAIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0242570661     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1369-2     Document Type: Article

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