Structural cost of shoot modules and its implications on plant potential fitness in a Mediterranean perennial shrub, Retama sphaerocarpa (L.) Boiss

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 129-136

  Fungairino S G ^a   Lopez F ^a   Serrano, J M ^a   Acosta, F J ^a   De Las Heras, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Modular demography; Plant fitness; Retama sphaerocarpa; Structural cost

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FITNESS; MORPHOLOGY; SHOOT; SHRUB;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DEMOGRAPHY; FLOWER; FRUIT; INFLORESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA; SHOOT;

RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA;

EID: 1142285271     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2003.10.008     Document Type: Article

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