Adaptive strategies in seedlings of three co-occurring, ecologically distinct northern coniferous tree species across an elevational gradient

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 910-917

  Green, D Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GROWTH KINETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TISSUE;

CLINICAL RESPONSES; CONIFEROUS TREES; GROWTH RATES; TREE SPECIES;

SEED;

CONIFEROUS TREE; ELEVATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; GROWTH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEEDLINGS; SOFTWOODS; TISSUE; TREES;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; CONIFERALES; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PICEA GLAUCA; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 22744447785     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-015     Document Type: Article

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