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COMMON GARDEN EXPERIMENTS AS A DYNAMIC TOOL FOR ECOLOGICAL STUDIES OF ALPINE PLANTS AND COMMUNITIES IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH AMERICA

@article{Berend2019COMMONGE,
  title={COMMON GARDEN EXPERIMENTS AS A DYNAMIC TOOL FOR ECOLOGICAL STUDIES OF ALPINE PLANTS AND COMMUNITIES IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH AMERICA},
  author={Kevin Berend and Kristen R. Haynes and Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie},
  journal={Rhodora},
  year={2019},
  volume={121},
  pages={174 - 212},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:204963643}
}
This work reviews the use of common garden experiments in alpine areas of northeastern North America and outlines the many ways they can effectively address some of the region's most pressing questions inAlpine plant ecology and conservation, and presents common garden research priorities.
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