Nutrient foraging in woodland herbs: A comparison of three species of Uvularia (Liliaceae) with contrasting belowground morphologies

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1071-1079

  Wijesinghe, Dushyantha K ^a,b   Whigham, Dennis F ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clonal plants; Environmental heterogeneity; Foraging; Patch selection; Uvularia perfoliata; Uvularia puberula; Uvularia sessilifolia

Indexed keywords

LILIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; UVULARIA; UVULARIA PERFOLIATA; UVULARIA PUBERULA; UVULARIA SESSILIFOLIA;

EID: 0042042328     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657090     Document Type: Article

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