Clonal plasticity in response to nutrient availability in the pseudoannual herb, Trientalis europaea L.

Plant Ecology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 233-239

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

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Clonal plant; Foraging; Hibernacle; Rhizome; Size number trade off

Indexed keywords

CHICKWEED WINTERGREEN; CLONAL MORPHOLOGY; HIBERNACLE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PSEUDOANNUAL;

PRIMULACEAE; TRIENTALIS EUROPAEA;

EID: 0030886078     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009783921753     Document Type: Article

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