Does a tradeoff exist between morphological and physiological root plasticity? A comparison of grass growth forms

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 519-526

  Derner, Justin D ^a   Briske, David D ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal plants; Plant foraging; Plant soil relations; Resource heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRASS; GROWTH FORM; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLASTICITY; TRADE-OFF;

POACEAE;

EID: 0032718914     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(00)86619-9     Document Type: Article

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