Direct and size-dependent effects of climate on flowering performance in alpine and lowland herbaceous species

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 275-286

  Meineri, Eric ^a   Skarpaas, Olav ^b   Spindelböck, Joachim ^a,c   Bargmann, Tessa ^a   Vandvik, Vigdis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Institute for Bioeconomy Research   (Norway)

^c WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alpine species; Biomass; Climate change; Flower production; Flowering probability; Precipitation; Reproductive effort; Temperature; Veronica; Viola

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLOWERING; HERB; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOMASS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SIZE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

NORWAY;

VERONICA; VERONICA ALPINA; VERONICA OFFICINALIS; VIOLA BIFLORA; VIOLA PALUSTRIS;

EID: 84890571844     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12062     Document Type: Article

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