The quantitative assessment of the benefits of physiological integration in clonal plants

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1153-1176

  Chesson, Peter ^a   Peterson, Andrew G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitness; Non linear averaging; Paired section experiment; Physiological integration; Relative growth rate; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041847028     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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