Patterns of functional clonal traits and clonal growth modes in contrasting grasslands in the central Apennines, Italy

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-36

  Halassy, Melinda ^a   Campetella, Giandiego ^b   Canullo, Roberto ^b   Mucina, Ladislav ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Clonality; Ecological stress; Plant functional trait; Torricchio Nature Reserve

Indexed keywords

CLONAL GROWTH; GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT;

APENNINES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17144366648     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2005.tb02335.x     Document Type: Article

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