Size and spatial pattern of Festuca rubra genets in a mountain grassland: Its relevance to genet establishment and dynamics

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 942-954

  Suzuki, Jun Ichirou ^a   Herben, TOMÁŠ ^b   Krahulec, FRANTIŠEK ^b   Hara, Toshihiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Clonal plant; Genet natality; Genet spreading; RAPD; Shoot mortality; Spatial simulation model

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; GENET; GRASSLAND; GROWTH; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SIMULATION MODEL; SIMULATION; SIZE;

CLONAL GROWTH; GENET; RECRUITMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FESTUCA RUBRA;

EID: 0032805774     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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