Soil water content and patterns of allocation to below-and above-ground biomass in the sexes of the subdioecious plant Honckenya peploides

Annals of Botany

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 839-848

  Sánchez Vilas, Julia ^a   Bermúdez, Raimundo ^a   Retuerto, Rubén ^a  

^a Facultad de Biologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

below ground structures; biomass allocation; Dioecy; reproductive effort; spatial segregation; water availability

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COASTAL ZONE; DICOTYLEDON; DIOECY; DUNE FORMATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SOIL WATER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CHEMISTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEX RATIO; SOIL; SPAIN;

BIOMASS; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; DEMOGRAPHY; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT ROOTS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOIL; SPAIN; WATER;

HONCKENYA PEPLOIDES;

EID: 84865498577     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcS157     Document Type: Article

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