Diversity of plant life histories in the Arctic

Preslia

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 281-300

  Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg Svala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Arctic environment; Clonal growth; Dormant phase; Life cycles; Life history traits; Mature phase; Premature phase; Reproduction; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLONAL GROWTH; CLONAL ORGANISM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DORMANCY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HABITAT QUALITY; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 79960375244     PISSN: 00327786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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