Simulated global change: Contrasting short and medium term growth and reproductive responses of a common alpine/Arctic cushion plant to experimental warming and nutrient enhancement

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Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-10

  Alatalo, Juha M ^a   Little, Chelsea J ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alpine; Biomass; Climate change; Cover; Fruit production; Meadow; Silene acaulis; Tundra

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899558774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-157     Document Type: Article

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