Growth responses of Urtica dioica L. to different water table depth

Plant Ecology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-169

  Šrůtek, Miroslav ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Allometric relations; Biomass allocation; Transpiration; Urtica dioica; Water table depth

Indexed keywords

URTICA DIOICA; URTICACEAE;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; PLANT HEIGHT; STINGING NETTLE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER TABLE;

EID: 0030616679     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009774407195     Document Type: Article

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