How does density and nutrient stress affect allometry and fruit production in the heterocarpic species Atriplex sagittata (Chenopodiaceae)?

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1106-1119

  Mandák, Bohumil ^a   Pyšek, Petr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Allometry; Atriplex sagittata; Chenopodiaceae; Density stress; Heterocarpy; Nutrient stress

Indexed keywords

FRUIT; FRUIT PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY; PLANT COMPETITION; PLANT DENSITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; WEIGHT;

ALLOMETRY; FRUIT PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ATRIPLEX SAGITTATA;

EID: 0033511926     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-77-8-1106     Document Type: Article

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