Effects of climate change on mast-flowering cues in a clonal montane herb, Veratrum tenuipetalum (Melanthiaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 519-525

  Iler, Amy M ^a,b   Inouye, David W ^a,b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental cue; Flowering trigger; Life history; Masting; Melanthiaceae; Phenology; Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory; Veratrum tenuipetalum

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; HERB; LIFE HISTORY; MASTING; MONOCOTYLEDON; MOUNTAIN REGION; PHENOLOGY; RAMET; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; TIME; UNITED STATES; VERATRUM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; LINEAR MODELS; PLANT ROOTS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VERATRUM;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84874837053     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200491     Document Type: Article

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