Demographic consequences of the two reproductive modes in Poa alpina L. along a primary succession gradient in the Central Alps

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 227-235

  Winkler, Eckart ^a   Marcante, Silvia ^b   Erschbamer, Brigitta ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FECUNDITY; GRASS; LIFE CYCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REPRODUCTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS;

POA; POA ALPINA;

EID: 77952738177     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-42.2.227     Document Type: Article

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