The performance of Polylepis australis trees along their entire altitudinal range: Implications of climate change for their conservation

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 630-636

  Marcora, Paula ^a   Hensen, Isabell ^b   Renison, Daniel ^a   Seltmann, Peggy ^b   Wesche, Karsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Central Argentina; C rdoba Mountains; Germination; Radial growth; Reproductive efficiency; Seed mass

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DICOTYLEDON; FRAGMENTATION; GERMINATION; HARVESTING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LABORATORY METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEED PRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ARGENTINA; CORDOBA [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

POLYLEPIS AUSTRALIS; ROSACEAE;

EID: 44949217504     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00455.x     Document Type: Article

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