Two types of division of labour in clonal plants: Benefits, costs and constraints

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-60

  Stuefer, Josef F ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clonal plant; Division of labour; Life history; Physiological integration; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0002598937     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1433-8319-00051     Document Type: Article

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