Architectural and growth traits differ in effects on performance of clonal plants: An analysis using a field-parameterized simulation model

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 836-852

  Wildová, Radka ^a,b   Gough, Laura ^d   Herben, Tomáš ^b,c   Hershock, Chad ^a   Goldberg, Deborah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLONAL ORGANISM; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GROWTH RATE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEDGE; SIMULATION;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CAREX; CAREX LASIOCARPA; CAREX STERILIS; CAREX STRICTA; CLADIUM MARISCOIDES; ELAGATIS; SCHOENOPLECTUS ACUTUS; SCIRPUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 34247389327     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15430.x     Document Type: Article

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