Adaptation of Poa alpina to altitude and land use in the Swiss Alps

Alpine Botany

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 91-105

  Fischer, Markus ^a   Weyand, Anne ^b   Rudmann Maurer, Katrin ^c   Stöcklin, Jürg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine grassland; Common garden experiment; Phenotypic plasticity; Quantitative genetic diversity; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GRASSLAND; HERITABILITY; LAND USE CHANGE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

POA; POA ALPINA;

EID: 84862999347     PISSN: 16642201     EISSN: 1664221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00035-011-0096-2     Document Type: Article

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