Growth responses of Matteuccia struthiopteris plants from northern and southern Norway exposed to different temperature and photoperiod treatments

Nordic Journal of Botany

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 237-246

  Odland, Arvid ^a   Junttila, Olavi ^b   Nilsen, Jarle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; PHOTOPERIOD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FILICOPHYTA; MATTEUCCIA STRUTHIOPTERIS; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 12444344926     PISSN: 0107055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2003.tb00386.x     Document Type: Article

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