Why are most aquatic plants widely distributed? Dispersal, clonal growth and small-scale heterogeneity in a stressful environment

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 137-154

  Santamaría, Luis ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aquatic angiosperms; Clonal reproduction; Dispersal; Genetic variation; Geographic distribution; Habitat heterogeneity; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HETEROGENEITY; PLASTICITY;

GENETTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0036071377     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(02)01146-3     Document Type: Article

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