Ramet population ecology of Panicum virgatum in the field - Competitively random growth of ramets and foraging behavior of ramet populations

Progress in Natural Science

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 901-906

  Yang, Xinguo ^a   Wu, Tianlong ^a   Cheng, Xu ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Caespitose clone; Foraging behavior; Life table; Panicum virgatum; Phenotypic plasticity; Ramet population

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS;

CESPITOSE CLONE; DYNAMIC GROWTH; FORAGING BEHAVIOURS; LIFE TABLE; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PATTERN GROWTH; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RAMET POPULATION; RANDOM GROWTH;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 48049100120     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnsc.2008.01.032     Document Type: Article

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