Variation of sexual and clonal reproduction in the alpine Geum reptans in contrasting altitudes and successional stages

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 305-316

  Weppler, Tina ^a   Stöcklin, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Glacier foreland; Pioneer plant; Plasticity; Stolons; Succession; Trade off

Indexed keywords

GEUM; GEUM REPTANS;

EID: 20444389669     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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