Differential response to shading in orthotropic and plagiotropic shoots of the clonal herb Glechoma hirsuta

Oecologia

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 485-491

  Huber, Heidrun ^a   Hutchings, Michael J ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass partitioning; Clonal growth; Glechoma; Internode and petiole plasticity; Light availability

Indexed keywords

CLONAL PLANT; MORPHOLOGY; SHADING;

GLECHOMA HIRSUTA; LAMIACEAE;

EID: 0031453372     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050336     Document Type: Article

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