The role of apical dominance in the interpretation of adaptive architecture in prostrate plant species

Ecoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 490-500

  McPhee, Christopher S ^a   Bonser, Stephen P ^a   Aarssen, Lonnie W ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Branching; Clonal plants; Foraging; Guerilla; Meristem allocation; Phalanx; Reproductive effort; Strategy

Indexed keywords

CHAMAESYCE POLYGONIFOLIA; EUPHORBIA; FRAGARIA VIRGINIANA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; GLECHOMA HEDERACEA; POLYGONUM AVICULARE; POTENTILLA ANSERINA; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0000966051     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1997.11682428     Document Type: Article

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