Effects of clonal integration on plant plasticity in Fragaria chiloensis

Plant Ecology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 99-106

  Alpert, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Light; Nitrogen; Phenotypic plasticity; Physiological integration

Indexed keywords

CLONAL ORGANISM; CONNECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HETEROGENEITY; PLASTICITY; RAMET;

FRAGARIA;

EID: 0032786823     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009823015170     Document Type: Article

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