Plant foraging and rhizome growth patterns of Solidago altissima in response to mowing and fertilizer application

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 341-354

  Stoll, Peter ^a,b   Egli, Philipp ^a,c   Schmid, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Plant foraging; Plasticity; Rhizome architecture

Indexed keywords

PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT FORAGING; RHIZOME;

CLONAL PLANT; FERTILIZER; MOWING; RHIZOME GROWTH;

ANIMALIA; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO ALTISSIMA; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS VAR. SCABRA;

EID: 0031835319     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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