Phytomass and phenology of three alpine snowpatch species across a natural snowmelt gradient

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 450-456

  Venn, Susanna E ^a   Morgan, John W ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANGIOSPERM; FLOWERING; GROWING SEASON; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOMASS; SNOW; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CELMISIA PUGIONIFORMIS; LUZULA; POA; POA FAWCETTIAE;

EID: 34250814595     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT06003     Document Type: Article

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