Clonal segmentation: The development of physiological independence within stolons of Glechoma hederacea L. (Lamiaceae)

Plant Ecology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 21-31

  Birch, Colin P D ^a   Hutchings, Michael J ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Apical dominance; Branch autonomy; Physiological integration; Severing; Stolon

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; CLONAL ORGANISM; DEPENDENCY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAMET; SEGMENTATION;

GLECHOMA HEDERACEA;

EID: 0032765904     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009810731100     Document Type: Article

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