A comparison of plant communities on the basis of their clonal growth patterns

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 443-467

  Sammul, Marek ^a   Kull, Kalevi ^a   Niitla, Tarmo ^a   Möls, Tõnu ^a  

^a ESTONIAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Ramet life span; Ramet turnover; Species diversity; Vegetative mobility; Vegetative propagation

Indexed keywords

CLONAL GROWTH; COEXISTENCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAMET; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BALTIC STATES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 21044440911     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-004-5139-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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