Effects of competition on root-shoot allocation in Plantago lanceolata L.: Adaptive plasticity or ontogenetic drift?

Plant Ecology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 567-573

  Berendse, Frank ^a   Möller, Frans ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive plasticity; Competition; Ontogenetic drift; Plantago lanceolata L.; Root shoot allocation

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DICOTYLEDON; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; ONTOGENY; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SOIL FERTILITY;

PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA;

EID: 67349216917     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9485-z     Document Type: Article

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