The effects of rhizome severing on the clonal growth and clonal architecture of Scirpus maritimus

Oikos

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-116

  Charpentier, A ^a   Mesleard F ^a   Thompson, J D ^b  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAL VARIATION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; RHIZOME;

CLONAL ORGANISM; FRAGMENTATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; RHIZOME;

SCHOENOPLECTUS MARITIMUS; SCIRPUS; SCIRPUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 0031724111     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546551     Document Type: Article

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