A trade-off between guerrilla and phalanx growth forms in Leymus secalinus under different nutrient supplies

Annals of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 187-191

  Ye, Xue Hua ^a,b   Yu, Fei Hai ^a   Dong, Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Architectural plasticity; Bud size number trade off; Clumping ramets; Growth form trade off; Leymus secalinus; Morphological plasticity; Spreading ramets

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

BIOMASS; CLONAL ORGANISM; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT QUALITY; MUTUALISM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIMATE; RAMET;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOMASS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; POACEAE;

BIOMASS; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POACEAE; POTASSIUM; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

LEYMUS SECALINUS;

EID: 33745726869     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl086     Document Type: Article

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