Morphological responses to nutrient availability in four clonal herbs

Vegetatio

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-192

  Dong, Ming ^b   During, Heinjo J ^a   Werger, Marinus J A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Carex; Clonal plant; Constraint; Habitat adaptation; Morphological plasticity; Trifolium

Indexed keywords

CAREX; CAREX FLACCA; CAREX HIRTA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM FRAGIFERUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS; CYPERACEAE; FABACEAE;

CLONAL PLANT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY;

EID: 0029781921     PISSN: 00423106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00118270     Document Type: Article

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