Arctic Plants Produce Vastly Different Numbers of Flowers in Three Contrasting Years at Lake Hazen, Quttinirpaaq National Park, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
To maximise reproductive success in the short Arctic growing season, plants pre-form flower buds the year prior to flowering. Flower bud production depends on warm ambient temperatures. Thus, although currently Arctic plants have low rates of sexual reproductive success, the warming climate may incr...
Published in: | The Canadian Field-Naturalist |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
2016
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Online Access: | https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1806 https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v130i1.1806 |