Seedlings and ramets recruitment in two rhizomatous species of Rupestrian grasslands: Leiothrix curvifolia var. lanuginosa and Leiothrix crassifolia (Eriocaulaceae)

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 152-161

  Coelho, Flávia Freitas ^a   Capelo, Christina ^a   Figueira, José Eugênio C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flowering; Phenology; Seedling mortality

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; FLOWERING; GRASSLAND; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RAMET; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SYMPATRY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ERIOCAULACEAE; LEIOTHRIX; LEIOTHRIX CRASSIFOLIA;

EID: 38849117287     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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