Specific features of plants at early stages of the colonization of loose volcanic matter

Voronkova N.M., Verkholat V.P., Kholina A.B.

Biology Bulletin 2011; 38(3): 237–241

Plant morphology and seed germination have been studied in several species joining monodominant beds of pioneer plant species on loose volcanic matter on the Kamchatka Peninsula and Kuril Islands. The competition of these species is discussed.

DOI 10.1134/S1062359011030150