Effects of a snowmelt gradient on the population structure of Ranunculus alpestris (Ranunculaceae)

Botanica Helvetica

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-78

  Gerber, Jean David ^a   Baltisberger, Matthias ^a   Leuchtmann, Adrian ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allozyme; Environmental gradient; Phenology; Population biology; Ranunculus alpestris

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLOWERING; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SNOWMELT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS;

EID: 4344569711     PISSN: 02531453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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