Spatial models of foraging in clonal plant species

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 76-85

  Cain, Michael L ^a   Dudle, Dana A ^b   Evans, Jonathan P ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachypodium pinnatum; Clonal plants; Glechoma hederacea; Hydrocotyle bonariensis; Morphological plasticity; Plant foraging; Resource heterogeneity; Spatial models; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

BRACHYPODIUM PINNATUM; GLECHOMA HEDERACEA; HYDROCOTYLE BONARIENSIS;

CLONAL PLANT; FORAGING; SPATIAL MODEL;

EID: 0029661584     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2445957     Document Type: Article

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