Equivalence of competitor effects and tradeoff between vegetative multiplication and generative reproduction: Case study with Lychnis flos-cuculi and Myosotis nemorosa

Flora

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-167

  Chaloupecká, Eva ^a   Lepš, Jan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Field experiment; Gap; Lychnis flos cuculi; Myosotis nemorosa; Plant competition

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GAP DYNAMICS; MEADOW; REPRODUCTION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CUCULI; FLOS; HOLCUS; HOLCUS LANATUS; JUNCUS; JUNCUS EFFUSUS; LYCHNIS; LYCHNIS FLOS-CUCULI; MOLINIA; MOLINIA CAERULEA; MYOSOTIS; MYOSOTIS NEMOROSA; NARDUS STRICTA;

EID: 1942537056     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0367-2530-00144     Document Type: Article

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