The influence of hybridization on epidermal properties of birch species and the consequences for palaeoclimatic interpretations

• Main Authors: Wagner, F., Kürschner, W.M., Neuvonen, S., Visscher, H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Biologie; Epidermal properties; Birch hybridization; Stomatal index; Stomatal density; Palaeoatmospheric CO2; Lappland; Betula nana; Fennoscandia; Fennoscandian; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/20768

The Fennoscandian birch population primarily consists of Betula nana, B. pendula and B. pubescens ssp. czerepanovii, the Mountain birch. Frequent hybridization between the Mountain birch and B. nana generates a wide range of genotypic and phenotypic plasticity in the subarctic birch zone of Fennosca...