Experimental demography of rhizome populations of establishing clones of Solidago altissima

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 42-54

  Meyer, Andrea H ^a   Schmid, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Architecture; Biological invasions; Clonal plants; Competition; Experimental demography; Ontogenetic changes; Rhizome cutting; Rhizome dynamics; Solidago altissima

Indexed keywords

CLONE; PLANT GROWTH;

CLONAL GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENET; MOWING; RHIZOME;

SOLIDAGO ALTISSIMA;

EID: 0033043789     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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