Trade-off of sexual and asexual recruitment in a dominant weed ligularia virgaurea (Maxim.) in alpine grasslands (China)

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-86

  Wu, Gao Lin ^a,b   Hu, Tian Ming ^a   Liu, Zhen Heng ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Maqu Alpine Grassland Workstation   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine grassland.; Ligularia virgaurea; Ramet; Recruitment; Seed; Seedling

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COLONIZATION; FIELD SURVEY; MEADOW; NATIVE SPECIES; RAMET; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED BANK; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED RAIN; SEEDLING; TRADE-OFF; WEED;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

LIGULARIA VIRGAUREA;

EID: 77955969294     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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