Clonal foraging in perennial wheatgrasses: A strategy for exploiting patchy soil nutrients

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 601-610

  Humphrey, L David ^a   Pyke, David A ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elymus lanceolatus; Genetic differences; Morphological plasticity; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CLONAL FORAGING; PATCHY HABITAT; SOIL NUTRIENT; TILLER PLACEMENT; WHEATGRASS;

ELYMUS; ELYMUS LANCEOLATUS; ELYMUS LANCEOLATUS LANCEOLATUS; ELYMUS LANCEOLATUS SUBSP. LANCEOLATUS; ELYMUS LANCEOLATUS WAWAIENSIS; POACEAE;

EID: 0030864696     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960531     Document Type: Article

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