Clonal expansion in the deciduous understory shrub, devil's club (Oplopanax horridus; Araliaceae)

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1052-1062

  Lantz, Trevor C ^a   Antos, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age structure; Clonal architecture; Clonal shrubs; Demography; Layering; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

CLONING;

GROWTH RINGS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CLONAL GROWTH; DECIDUOUS FOREST; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ARALIACEAE; OPLOPANAX; OPLOPANAX HORRIDUS;

EID: 0036429740     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b02-095     Document Type: Article

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