The effects of environmental heterogeneity on the performance of Glechoma hederacea: The interactions between patch contrast and patch scale

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 860-872

  Wijesinghe, Dushyantha K ^a   Hutchings, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clonal plants; Foraging; Morphological plasticity; Patch selection; Root: shoot ratio

Indexed keywords

AUTECOLOGY; BIOMASS; CLONE; COMPOST; ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT GROWTH; SIZE;

HETEROGENEITY; NUTRIENT; PATCHINESS;

GLECHOMA HEDERACEA;

EID: 0032739740     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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