Potential and constraints for grasses to cope with spatially heterogeneous radiation environments

Plant Ecology

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-125

  Skálová, Hana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Festuca rubra; R FR ratio; Shade avoidance; Tillering

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CLONAL GROWTH; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; RHIZOME; SHADING; TILLERING;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; FESTUCA RUBRA; POACEAE;

EID: 72249095797     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-009-9628-x     Document Type: Article

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