Interspecific competition changes reproductive output but does not increase reproductive costs in a grassland perennial

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 525-534

  Dostál, Petr ^a   Havlíčková, Vendula ^a   Jorritsma Wienk, Linda D ^c   Eriksson, Ove ^d   Herben, Tomáš ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Grasslands; Life history functions; Phenotypic plasticity; Succession; Succisa pratensis; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; DIPSACACEAE; POACEAE; SUCCISA; SUCCISA PRATENSIS;

EID: 69249224438     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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