A reassessment of the strategies of plants which cope with shortages of resources

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-31

  Grubb, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth rate; Mineral nutrients; Shade; Strategy theory; Stress tolerator; Survival; Tolerance; Water shortage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001803912     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1433-8319-00049     Document Type: Article

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