Morphological plasticity of a spreading aquatic macrophyte, Ranunculus peltatus, in response to environmental variables

Plant Ecology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 125-137

  Garbey, Cendrine ^a   Thiébaut, Gabrielle ^a   Muller, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophyte; Batrachium; Morphological traits; Phenology; Phenoplasticity

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MACROPHYTE; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOLOGY; PLASTICITY;

RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS;

EID: 3543028137     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000026336.44576.ff     Document Type: Article

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