On the relationship between clonal traits and small-scale spatial patterns of three dominant grasses and its consequences on community diversity

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-75

  Pottier, Julien ^a   Evette, André ^a  

^a Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

Clonal morphology; Dominance control; Perennial grasses; Phalanx guerrilla forms; Spatial aggregation

Indexed keywords

BOTANY; CLONAL GROWTH; CLONAL ORGANISM; DISPERSION; GRASS; MORPHOLOGY; PERENNIAL PLANT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BRACHYPODIUM PINNATUM; CALAMAGROSTIS EPIGEIOS; ELYMUS; ELYMUS REPENS; POACEAE;

EID: 77950692300     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-009-9053-x     Document Type: Article

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