Low temperature resistance in saplings and ramets of Polylepis sericea in the Venezuelan Andes

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 610-613

  Rada, Fermín ^a   García Núñez, Carlos ^a   Rangel, Sairo ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^b Laboratorio de Microbiología y Fisiopatología   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Low temperature avoidance; Rock outcropings; Treeline; Tropical high mountains

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MICROCLIMATE; MOUNTAIN REGION; OUTCROP; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RAMET; SAPLING; SEEDLING; TROPICAL REGION; UNDERSTORY;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

POLYLEPIS; POLYLEPIS SERICEA;

EID: 70349159006     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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