Modelling the relationship between sexual reproduction and rhizome growth in Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile

Marine Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 361-371

  Calvo, Sebastiano ^a   Lovison, Gianfranco ^a   Pirrotta, Maria ^a   Di Maida, Germana ^a   Tomasello, Agostino ^a   Sciandra, Mariangela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Generalized linear mixed model; Lepidochronology; Posidonia oceanica; Sexual reproduction; shoot age

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; MEADOW; RHIZOME; SEAGRASS; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SHOOT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 33751541916     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2006.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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