Clonal growth in a species-rich grassland: Results of a 20-year fertilization experiment

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-20

  Sammul, Marek ^a,b   Kull, Kalevi ^b   Tamm, Anneli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b ESTONIAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Clonal plants; Long term experiment; Nutrients; Ramet life span; Rhizome branching; Species richness; Vegetative mobility

Indexed keywords

CLONAL GROWTH; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ESTONIA;

EID: 0037828426     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803124     Document Type: Article

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