Growth response of altitudinal ecotypes of mountain birch to temperature and fertilisation

Oecologia

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-23

  Wieh, Martin ^a   Karlsson, P Staffan ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Altitudinal ecotypes; Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii; Growth; Nitrogen productivity; Subarctic

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ECOTYPE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; PRODUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE;

BETULA PUBESCENS;

EID: 0345279927     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050756     Document Type: Article

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