Response of Poa annua to extreme conditions: comparison of morphological traits between populations from cold and temperate climate conditions

Polar Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1657-1666

  Galera, Halina ^a   Chwedorzewska, Katarzyna J ^b   Wódkiewicz, Maciej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Annual bluegrass; Biological expansion; Maritime Antarctic; Morphological diversity; Tatra

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPANSION; EXTREME EVENT; GRASS; MORPHOLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; POLAR REGION;

ADMIRALTY BAY; ANTARCTICA; CARPATHIANS; KING GEORGE ISLAND; MAZOWIECKIE; POLAND [CENTRAL EUROPE]; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; TATRA MOUNTAINS; WARSAW [MAZOWIECKIE];

POA ANNUA;

EID: 84940956826     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-015-1731-y     Document Type: Article

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