Clonal integration helps Psammochloa villosa survive sand burial in an inland dune

New Phytologist

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 697-704

  Yu, Feihai ^a,b   Dong, Ming ^a   Krüsi, Bertil ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clonal integration; Inland dunes; Psammochloa villosa; Rhizomatous grass; Sand burial; Severing

Indexed keywords

CLONAL ORGANISM; COLONIZATION; DESERT; DUNE; SURVIVAL;

VILLOSA;

EID: 2542637210     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01073.x     Document Type: Article

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