Species-specific spatial pattern of below-ground plant parts in a montane grassland community

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 569-582

  Pecháčková, Sylvie ^a   During, Heinjo J ^b   Rydlová, Věra ^a   Herben, Tomáš ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fine scale; Horizontal heterogeneity; Multivariate analysis; Rhizomes; Roots; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION; PLANT GROWTH;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 0345363302     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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