How endangered is sexual reproduction of high-mountain plants by summer frosts? Frost resistance, frequency of frost events and risk assessment

Oecologia

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 743-760

  Ladinig, Ursula ^a   Hacker, Jürgen ^a   Neuner, Gilbert ^a   Wagner, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine plants; Frost resistance; Ice nucleation; Reproductive development; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COLONIZATION; FREEZE TOLERANCE; FROST; FRUIT; GERMINATION; GROWTH FORM; HERB; INJURY; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUCLEATION; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEED SET; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SHOOT; SUMMER;

ALPS;

CERASTIUM UNIFLORUM; KALMIA PROCUMBENS; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS GLACIALIS; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON FERRUGINEUM; SAXIFRAGA; SAXIFRAGA CAESIA; SAXIFRAGA MOSCHATA;

EID: 84875054811     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2581-8     Document Type: Article

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