Are stoloniferous plants able to avoid neighbours in response to low R: FR ratios in reflected light?

Plant Ecology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 59-65

  Leeflang, Lizelotte ^a  

^a Dept of Plant Ecol and Evol Biol ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Branching; Clonal growth; Growth direction; Light quality

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIGHT EFFECT;

GLECHOMA HEDERACEA; HYDROCOTYLE VULGARIS; LAMIUM GALEOBDOLON; LYSIMACHIA NEMORUM; LYSIMACHIA NUMMULARIA; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0032783290     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009897031525     Document Type: Article

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