Do Clonal and Bud Bank Traits Vary in Correspondence with Soil Properties and Resource Acquisition Strategies? Patterns in Alpine Communities in the Scandian Mountains

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 46, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 237-254

  Rusch, Graciela M ^a   Wilmann, Bodil ^a   Klimešová, Jitka ^b   Evju, Marianne ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alpine plant communities; Assemblage average traits; Environmental gradients; Norway

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BUD; CLONAL GROWTH; DRY MATTER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LEAF AREA; PLANT COMMUNITY; RHIZOME; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY;

NORWAY;

EID: 79957877949     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-010-9072-7     Document Type: Article

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