Phenology and seed setting success of snowbed plant species in contrasting snowmelt regimes in the Central Pyrenees

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 220-231

  Lluent, Artur ^a   Anadon Rosell, Alba ^a   Ninot, Josep M ^a   Grau, Oriol ^a   Carrillo, Empar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alpine vegetation; Ecological gradients; Growing season; Life history; Plant strategies

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; PHENOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SET; SNOWMELT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

PYRENEES;

EID: 84876696579     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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