Large-scale grazing history effects on Arctic-alpine germinable seed banks

Plant Ecology

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 321-331

  González, Victoria T ^a   Bråthen, Kari Anne ^a   Ravolainen, Virve T ^a   Iversen, Marianne ^b   Hagen, Snorre B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Sami College   (Norway)

Author keywords

Context dependency; Diaspore morphology; Growth form; Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus); Seed mass; Spatial scale; Temporal scale

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DEER; DISPERSAL; GERMINATION; GRAZING; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWTH FORM; HERBIVORE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PASTURE; PROPAGULE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED BANK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TUNDRA;

NORWAY;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 77951978869     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-009-9676-2     Document Type: Article

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