Coldest places on earth with angiosperm plant life

Alpine Botany

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-22

  Körner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Collembola; Fungi; Isotopes; Mites; Mountain climatology; Saxifraga

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATOLOGY; DICOTYLEDON; ELEVATION; FREEZE TOLERANCE; FUNGUS; MITE; MOSS; MOUNTAIN REGION; MYCORRHIZA;

ALPS; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; CENTRAL ALPS; HIMALAYAS; SWITZERLAND;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; COLLEMBOLA; FUNGI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SAXIFRAGA; SAXIFRAGA OPPOSITIFOLIA; TORTULA RURALIS;

EID: 84856224791     PISSN: 16642201     EISSN: 1664221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00035-011-0089-1     Document Type: Article

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