Plasticity of leaf and shoot morphology and leaf photochemistry for Brachypodium pinnatum (L.) Beauv. growing in contrasting microenvironments in a semiarid loess forest-steppe vegetation mosaic

Flora

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 304-320

  Mojzes, Andrea ^a,b   Kalapos, Tibor ^a   Virágh, Klára ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Phenology; Phenotypic plasticity; Specific leaf mass; Sun and shade leaves; Transplant experiment

Indexed keywords

FOREST-STEPPE; GRASS; HABITAT MOSAIC; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SHOOT;

HUNGARY;

BRACHYPODIUM; BRACHYPODIUM PINNATUM; QUERCUS;

EID: 0042285956     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0367-2530-00102     Document Type: Article

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