The role of stolon internodes for ramet survival after clone fragmentation in Potentilla anserina

Ecology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 135-139

  Stuefer, Josef F ^a   Huber, Heidrun ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Disturbance; Life history; Potentilla; Ramet survival; Recovery; Stolon internodes; Storage; Trade off

Indexed keywords

CLONE; RAMET;

POTENTILLA ANSERINA;

EID: 0033041417     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1999.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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