Longevity of clonal plants: Why it matters and how to measure it

Annals of Botany

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 859-870

  De Witte, Lucienne C ^a   Stöcklin, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age; community stability; genet size; global change; life history; population dynamics; somatic mutation; vegetative reproduction

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CLONAL ORGANISM; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GENET; GLOBAL CHANGE; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; MUTATION; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

CLONING; GENETICS; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; TIME;

CLONING, ORGANISM; GENETICS, POPULATION; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78649605444     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq191     Document Type: Review

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