Effects of the loss of clonal integration on four sedges that differ in ramet aggregation

Plant Ecology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-15

  Pauliukonis, Nijole ^a,c   Gough, Laura ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c MS 3560   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcareous fens; Carex; Cladium; Eleocharis; Rhizome severing; Schoenoplectus

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; BIOMASS; CLONAL GROWTH; RAMET; SEDGE; WETLAND;

CAREX; CAREX STERILIS; CLADIUM; CLADIUM MARISCOIDES; CYPERACEAE; ELAGATIS; ELEOCHARIS; ELEOCHARIS ROSTELLATA; SCHOENOPLECTUS; SCHOENOPLECTUS ACUTUS;

EID: 3543038896     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000026342.25767.17     Document Type: Article

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