Small-scale heterogeneity in soil quality influences photosynthetic efficiency and habitat selection in a clonal plant

Annals of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1043-1052

  Roiloa, S R ^a   Retuerto, R ^a  

^a Facultad de Biologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Foraging behaviour; Fragaria vesca; Habitat selection; Physiological integration; Source sink hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLONAL ORGANISM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROGENEITY; PATCH USE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAMET; SOIL QUALITY;

ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; STRAWBERRY;

FRAGARIA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL;

FRAGARIA VESCA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 33750486147     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl185     Document Type: Article

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