Herb abundance and life-history traits in two contrasting alpine habitats in southern Norway

Plant Ecology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 217-229

  Austrheim, Gunnar ^a   Evju, Marianne ^b   Mysterud, Atle ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clonality; Oceanic; pH; Recruitment; Seed weight; Sub continental

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COLONIZATION; HERB; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; RECRUITMENT;

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

EID: 17844371602     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-005-0197-3     Document Type: Article

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