A change from phalanx to guerrilla growth form is an effective strategy to acclimate to sedimentation in a wetland sedge species Carex brevicuspis (Cyperaceae)

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 347-350

  Chen, Xin Sheng ^a   Xie, Yong Hong ^a   Deng, Zheng Miao ^a   Li, Feng ^a   Hou, Zhi Yong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Clonal plants; Growth strategy; Plasticity; Rhizome; Sedge

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLONAL GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RHIZOME; SEDGE; SEDIMENTATION; WETLAND;

CAREX; CYPERACEAE;

EID: 79952817022     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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