Root cooperation in a clonal plant: Connected strawberries segregate roots

Oecologia

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 72-77

  Holzapfel, Claus ^a,b   Alpert, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clonal plant; Fragaria chiloensis; Physiological integration; Self competition

Indexed keywords

CLONAL ORGANISM; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; ROOT;

BIOMASS; CLONING, ORGANISM; FRAGARIA; PLANT ROOTS;

ELAGATIS; FRAGARIA CHILOENSIS; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 0037270115     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1062-x     Document Type: Article

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