Plasticity of internodes and petioles in prostrate and erect Potentilla species

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 401-409

  Huber, H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; clonal growth; growth form; light quality; light quantity

Indexed keywords

CLONAL PLANT; GROWTH FORM;

POTENTILLA; ROSACEAE;

EID: 0030304891     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2390290     Document Type: Article

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