Tuber size variation and organ preformation constrain growth responses of a spring geophyte

Oecologia

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 396-405

  Werger, Marinus J A ^a   Huber, Heidrun ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass partitioning; Life history strategy; Light; Nutrient; Organ preformation; Storage; Tuber size

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; SPRING (SEASON); TUBER;

APIALES; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; REPRODUCTION;

APIACEAE; BIOMASS; PLANT LEAVES; REPRODUCTION;

BUNIUM BULBOCASTANUM; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 33644594486     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0280-4     Document Type: Article

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