Are frost boils important for the recruitment of arctic-alpine plants?

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 273-275

  Sutton, Jolene T ^a   Hermanutz, Luise ^a   Jacobs, John D ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; SEEDLING;

DIAPENSIA LAPPONICA;

EID: 33646911469     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2006)38[273:AFBIFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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