Do clonal growth form and habitat origin affect resource-induced plasticity in Tibetan alpine herbs?

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 408-416

  He, Zhengsheng ^a,b,c   He, Weiming ^a   Yu, Feihai ^a   Shi, Peili ^d   Zhang, Xianzhou ^d   He, Yongtao ^d   Zhong, Zhiming ^d   Dong, Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b JIUJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Carex montis everestii; Light intensity; Nutrient availability; Stipa capillacea; Tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH FORM; HABITAT CREATION; HERB; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYTOMASS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

CAREX; CYPERACEAE; STIPA;

EID: 34447249348     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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