Impact of long-term, saline flooding on condition and reproduction of the clonal wetland tree, Melaleuca ericifolia (Myrtaceae)

Plant Ecology

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-57

  Salter, Jacqueline ^a   Morris, Kay ^a   Read, Jenny ^a   Boon, Paul I ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flooding; Morphological plasticity; Paperbark; Persistence; Plant stress; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLONAL ORGANISM; DICOTYLEDON; FLOODING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MORPHOLOGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SALINITY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; TRADE-OFF; WETLAND;

IBIS; MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA ERICIFOLIA; MELALEUCA QUINQUENERVIA; MYRTACEAE; THRESKIORNIS MOLUCCA;

EID: 72249111558     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-009-9623-2     Document Type: Article

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