Below-ground spatial pattern of rhizomes in a grassland community and its relevance to above-ground spatial pattern

Plant Ecology

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 319-336

  Wildová, Radka ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Fine scale; Mountain grassland; Soil block; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; GRASSLAND; RAMET; RHIZOME; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 26044454642     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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