Plant functional groups in alpine fellfield habitats of the White Mountains, California

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 358-365

  Rundel, Philip W ^a,b   Gibson, Arthur C ^a,b   Sharifi, M Rasoul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Visit Scho Dept Integrat Biol   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY;

APPALACHIANS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WHITE MOUNTAINS [APPALACHIANS]; WORLD;

ERIOGONUM; ERIOGONUM OVALIFOLIUM; HETERODOXUS; PENSTEMON; PENSTEMON HETERODOXUS; POA; POA GLAUCA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM ANDERSONII;

EID: 24744449951     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2005)037[0358:PFGIAF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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