Morphological response to competition for light in the clonal trifolium repens (fabaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 646-654

  Bittebiere, Anne Kristel ^a   Renaud, Nolwenn ^a   Clément, Bernard ^a   Mony, Cendrine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Clonal architecture; Competition heterogeneity; Competition intensity; Plasticity; Trifolium repens

Indexed keywords

CLONAL ORGANISM; COEXISTENCE; HETEROGENEITY; LEAF AREA; LEGUME; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL CLONE; CLOVER; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMASS; CLONE CELLS; LIGHT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; TRIFOLIUM;

FABACEAE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 84860574716     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100487     Document Type: Article

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