Effects of soil nutrient availability on the role of sexual reproduction in an alaskan tundra plant community

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 612-620

  Moulton, Carol ^a   Gough, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FRUIT PRODUCTION; FRUITING; GERMINATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SOIL NUTRIENT; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

BETULA NANA; HIEROCHLOE ALPINA;

EID: 84555205664     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-43.4.612     Document Type: Article

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