Storage and the delayed costs of reproduction in the understorey perennial Lathyrus vernus

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 237-246

  Ehrlén, Johan ^a,b   Van Groenendael, Jan ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Delayed response; Flower removal; Fruit production; Long term flowering pattern; Organ preformation

Indexed keywords

BUD; CARBON ALLOCATION; FLOWERING; FRUITING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PLANT AGE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLANT REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT; RHIZOME; SHOOT; SURVIVAL;

ENERGY BUDGET; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

LATHYRUS VERNUS;

EID: 0035026665     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2001.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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