Effect of environmental factors and bulb mass on the invasive geophyte Oxalis pes-caprae development

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-99

  Verdaguer, Dolors ^a   Sala, Anna ^b   Vilà, Montserrat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Bulb development; Clonal growth; Light availability; Ontogeny; Planting depth; Vegetative reproduction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLONAL GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOPHYTE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; ONTOGENY; PHYTOMASS; VEGETATION TYPE; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

OXALIS; OXALIS PES-CAPRAE;

EID: 73749084731     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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