Meristem allocation and life-history evolution in herbaceous plants

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 143-150

  Bonser, Stephen P ^a,b   Aarssen, Lonnie W ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apical dominance; Branching intensity; Iteroparous; Meristem allocation; Reproductive effort; Semelparous

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; VEGETATION;

APICAL DOMINANCE; BRANCHING INTENSITY; ITEROPAROUS; MERISTEM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEMELPAROUS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

APICAL DOMINANCE; EVOLUTION; HERB; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

BIODIVERSITY; PLANTS;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33744923945     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b05-154     Document Type: Article

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