Morphological plasticity of Primula nutans to hummock-and-hollow microsites in an alpine wetland

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-264

  Shen, Haihua ^a,b   Tang, Yanhong ^b   Washitani, Izumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpine plants; Biomass; Grassland; Microtopography; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PRIMULACEAE;

ECOSYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PRIMULA;

PRIMULA NUTANS; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 33744526256     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10265-006-0269-z     Document Type: Article

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