Resource allocation among clonal shoots of the fire-tolerant shrub Gaylussacia baccata

Oikos

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 509-518

  Matlack, Glenn R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAL PLANT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RHIZOME; SHOOT; SHRUB;

GAYLUSSACIA BACCATA;

EID: 0031461010     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546624     Document Type: Article

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