Replacement of species along altitude gradients: The role of branch architecture

Annals of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 953-966

  Milla, Rubén ^a   Giménez Benavides, Luis ^a   Montserrat Martí, Gabriel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altitude; Architecture; Meristem activity; Organogenesis; Phenology; Saxifraga

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GROWTH; HERB; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHOOT;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HISTOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SAXIFRAGACEAE; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ALTITUDE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SAXIFRAGACEAE; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

SAXIFRAGA; SAXIFRAGA CANALICULATA; SAXIFRAGA TRIFURCATA;

EID: 56449118343     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn187     Document Type: Article

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