Inter-ramet water translocation in natural clones of the rhizomatous shrub, Hedysarum laeve, in a semi-arid area of China

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-116

  Zhang, Chengyi ^a,c,d   Yang, Chi ^b   Yang, Xingyu ^b   Dong, Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^d INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acid fuchsin dye injection; Clonal plants; Ramet hierarchy; Shrub; Spectrometric analysis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLONING; DYES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

RESOURCE TRANSLOCATION;

FORESTRY;

FABACEAE; HEDYSARUM; HEDYSARUM LAEVE;

EID: 0242501526     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-002-0211-5     Document Type: Article

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