The effect of plant size on vegetative reproduction in a pseudo-annual

Vegetatio

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-192

  Verburg, René W ^a   Kwant, René ^a   Werger, Marinus J A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clonal plant; Helianthus x laetiflorus; Hibernacle; Pseudo annual; Reproductive effort; Vegetative

Indexed keywords

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS LAETIFLORUS; ASTERACEAE;

PLANT SIZE; PSEUDO-ANNUAL; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0029663734     PISSN: 00423106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00044650     Document Type: Article

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