Ontogenetic niche shifts in three Vaccinium species on a sub-alpine mountain side

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-139

  Auffret, Alistair G ^a,b   Meineri, Eric ^b,c,d   Bruun, Hans Henrik ^e   Ejrnæs, Rasmus ^f   Graae, Bente J ^b,g  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate; Established niche; Germination; Mapping; Regeneration niche; Vaccinium

Indexed keywords

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VACCINIUM ULIGINOSUM; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA; VITACEAE;

EID: 78649554871     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2010.498063     Document Type: Article

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