Is pollen morphology of Salix polaris affected by enhanced UV-B irradiation? Results from a field experiment in high Arctic tundra

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 770-774

  Yeloff, Dan ^a   Blokker, Peter ^b   Boelen, Peter ^b   Rozema, Jelte ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IRRADIATION; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POLLEN; TUNDRA; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADVENTDALEN; ARCTIC; ISDAMMEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

SALIX; SALIX POLARIS;

EID: 58149483862     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(07-045)[YELOFF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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