Effects of snowmelt timing and competition on the performance of alpine snowbed plants

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-26

  Hülber, Karl ^a,b   Bardy, Katharina ^b   Dullinger, Stefan ^a,b  

^a Vienna Institute for Nature Conservation and Analyses   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine snowbed plants; Competition; Germination; Growth; Snowmelt; Survival

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SURVIVAL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER; WARMING;

EID: 79952624552     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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