What youngsters say about adults: Seedling roots reflect clonal traits of adult plants

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 406-413

  Šmilauerová, Marie ^a   Šmilauer, Petr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Ecological traits; Grassland plant species; Lateral spread; Leaf area: root length ratio; Phylogenetic correction; Regenerative stage of life cycle; Resource availability; Root architecture

Indexed keywords

CLONAL GROWTH; EVOLUTION; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT; REGENERATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; ROOT SYSTEM; SEEDLING; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 34247241159     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01218.x     Document Type: Article

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