Spatial structure of stoloniferous herbs: An interplay between structural blue-print, ontogeny and phenotypic plasticity

Plant Ecology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 107-115

  Huber, Heidrun ^a   Lukács, Saskia ^a   Watson, Maxine A ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Glechoma hederacea; Ontogenetic development; Phenotypic plasticity; Plant architecture; Potentilla reptans

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HERB; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT ARCHITECTURE;

GLECHOMA HEDERACEA;

EID: 0344327131     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009861521047     Document Type: Article

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