Vegetative phenology constrains the onset of flowering in the perennial herb Lathyrus vernus

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 208-216

  Sola, Ana J ^a   Ehrlén, Johan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Development time; Flowering time; Lathyrus vernus; Plant architecture; Vegetative phenology

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; GROWTH RATE; HERB; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHENOLOGY; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

LATHYRUS; LATHYRUS VERNUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 33845619113     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2006.01191.x     Document Type: Article

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