Effects of simulated climate change on phenology and life history traits in Carex bigelowii

Nordic Journal of Botany

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 355-371

  Stenström, Anna ^a   Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg S ^b,c  

^a Department of Marine Ecology   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; FLOWERING; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOLOGY; RAMET; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEDGE; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SUBARCTIC REGION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARCTIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; LATNJAJAURE VALLEY; NORRBOTTEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; THINGVELLIR;

CAREX BIGELOWII; DIPTERA; FUNGI;

EID: 33846457001     PISSN: 0107055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2004.tb00850.x     Document Type: Article

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