Experimental demography of the old-field perennial Solidago altissima: The dynamics of the shoot population

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-27

  Meyer, Andrea H ^a   Schmid, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Clonal plants; Competition; Experimental demography; Rhizome cutting; Shoot dynamics; Solidago altissima

Indexed keywords

PLANT GROWTH;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLONAL GROWTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHOOT; WEED CONTROL;

SOLIDAGO ALTISSIMA;

EID: 0033006575     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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