Phenotypic plasticity in response to the heterogeneous water supply in the rhizomatous grass species, Calamagrostis epigejos in the Mu Us Sandy Land of China

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1210-1217

  Zhang, Cheng Yi ^a,b,c   Yu, Fei Hai ^a   Chen, Yu Fu ^d   Dong, Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^c INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Calamagrostis epigejos; Clonal plants; Heterogeneous soil water; Maowusu (Mu Us) Sandy Land; Phenotypic plasticity; Ramet pairs; Rhizome

Indexed keywords

GRASS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RAMET; SOIL WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CALAMAGROSTIS; CALAMAGROSTIS EPIGEJOS; GENETTA;

EID: 2342484487     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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