Clonal diversity in an expanding community of Arctic Salix spp. and a model for recruitment modes of arctic plants

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 406-411

  Douhovnikoff, Vladimir ^a   Goldsmith, Gregory R ^b   Tape, Ken D ^c   Huang, Cherrie ^a   Sur, Nadine ^a   Bret Harte, M Syndonia ^c  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENETIC MARKER; HABITAT TYPE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEED; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

SALIX;

EID: 78649286138     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-42.4.406     Document Type: Article

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