Rhizome architecture in Phragmites australis in relation to water depth: Implications for within-plant oxygen transport distances

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-97

  Weisner, Stefan E B ^a   Strand, John A ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clonal plants; Growth strategy; Littoral zone; Vegetative spreading; Wetland vegetation

Indexed keywords

PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 0002443974     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02803998     Document Type: Article

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