Exploitation of environmental heterogeneity by spatial division of labour in a clonal plant

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 328-334

  Stuefer, J F ^a   De Kroon, H ^a,b   During, H J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allocation patterns; clonal growth; physiological integration; plasticity; Trifolium repens

Indexed keywords

DIVISION OF LABOUR; ENVIRONMENTAL HETEROGENEITY;

FABACEAE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0030304889     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2390280     Document Type: Article

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