Being evergreen in an aquatic habitat with attenuated seasonal contrasts A major competitive advantage?

Plant Ecology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-18

  Greulich, Sabine ^a,b   Bornette, Gudrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Competition; Phenology; Plant strategies; Seasonal cycle

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GROWTH; MACROPHYTE; PHENOLOGY;

GROENLANDIA; GROENLANDIA DENSA; HIPPURIS; HIPPURIS VULGARIS; LURONIUM; LURONIUM NATANS; SPARGANIUM; SPARGANIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM;

EID: 0037705305     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023923418919     Document Type: Article

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