Carbon gain in the competition for light between genotypes of the clonal herb Potentilla reptans

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 508-517

  Vermeulen, Peter J ^a   Stuefer, Josef F ^b   Anten, Niels P R ^a   During, Heinjo J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Canopy; Clonal; Coexistence; Competition; Exclusion; Height; Light; Model; Photosynthesis; Resource acquisition

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CLONE; COEXISTENCE; DOMINANCE; GENOTYPE; HEIGHT; HERB; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; SHADE TOLERANCE;

POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA REPTANS;

EID: 64349107038     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01491.x     Document Type: Article

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