Ramet demography in a ring-forming clonal sedge

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 847-854

  Wikberg, Sofie ^a,c   Svensson, Brita M ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carex humilis; Central die back; Dry calcareous grassland; Phalanx type; Ramet population growth rate

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; DEMOGRAPHY; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION GROWTH; RAMET; SEDGE;

CAREX HUMILIS; GENETTA;

EID: 0141993508     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00817.x     Document Type: Article

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