Relative growth rate and biomass allocation in 20 Aegilops (Poaceae) species

New Phytologist

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 425-437

  Villar, Rafael ^a,d   Veneklaas, Erik J ^a,e   Jordano, Pedro ^b   Lambers, Hans ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Aegilops L.; Biomass allocation; Photosynthesis; Phylogeny; Rainfall; Relative growth rate; Seed mass; Wild wheat

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPYRUM; BIOMASS; GROWTH RATE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLOIDY; SPECIFIC LEAF AREA;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT;

AEGILOPS;

EID: 0031737823     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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