Variation of biomass and morphology of the cushion plant Androsace tapete along an elevational gradient in the Tibetan Plateau

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages E64-E71

  He, Yongtao ^a   Kueffer, Christoph ^b   Shi, Peili ^a   Zhang, Xianzhou ^a   Du, Mingyuan ^c   Yan, Wei ^a   Sun, Wei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cushion plant; Elevational gradient; Plant morphology; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ANDROSACE TAPETE;

EID: 84906793853     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1442-1984.12031     Document Type: Article

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