Effects of Fertilization and Competition on Plant Biomass Allocation and Internal Resources: Does Plantago lanceolata Follow the Rules of Economic Theory?

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-64

  Janeček, Štěpán ^a   Patáčová, Eliška ^b   Klimešová, Jitka ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Allocation; Optimal Partitioning Theory; Plantago lanceolata; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECONOMIC THEORY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); HERB; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA;

EID: 84943456177     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: 18749348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-013-9161-5     Document Type: Article

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