Increasing population density and seed production with altitude in Eritrichium nanum (Boraginaceae) - An arctic alpine obligatory seeder

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-48

  Zoller, Heinrich ^a   Lenzin, Heiner ^b   Rusterholz, Hans Peter ^c   Stöcklin, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b NLU Institut ^*  (Switzerland)

^c NLU Institut   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SEED PRODUCTION;

ALPS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

BORAGINACEAE; ERITRICHIUM NANUM;

EID: 18644367001     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2005)037[0041:IPDASP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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