Flower production in relation to individual plant age and leaf production among different patches of Corydalis intermedia

Plant Ecology

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-78

  Ehlers, Bodil Kirstine ^a   Olesen, Jens Mogens ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Life history traits; Metapopulations; Perennial plants; Resource allocation; Trade off

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; LEAF; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; RECRUITMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

CORYDALIS; CORYDALIS INTERMEDIA;

EID: 7244234344     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000046060.77491.b9     Document Type: Article

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