Plant responses to natural and experimental variations in temperature in alpine tundra, southern Yukon, Canada

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 442-456

  Pieper, Sara ^a   Loewen, Val ^b   Gill, Mike ^c   Johnstone, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Environment Yukon   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANNUAL VARIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH; HERB; LATITUDE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT COMMUNITY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SUBARCTIC REGION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TUNDRA;

CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

DRYAS OCTOPETALA; LUPINUS ARCTICUS; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM VIVIPARUM; SALIX; SALIX ARCTICA;

EID: 80052195807     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-43.3.442     Document Type: Article

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