Fitness implications of clonal integration and leaf dynamics in a stoloniferous herb, Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng (Nelsoniaceae)

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-73

  Chidumayo, Emmanuel N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Clonal integration; Growth; Leaf plasticity; Module dynamics; Nelsonia canescens; Savanna; Zambia

Indexed keywords

CLONAL ORGANISM; FITNESS; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PHENOLOGY; SAVANNA;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

NELSONIA CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 33644936561     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-005-3873-9     Document Type: Article

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