Ecological benefits of integration of Calamagrostis epigejos ramets under field conditions

Abstract

We established two independent experiments to estimate the ecological consequences of artificial severing on ramets of the competitively strong perennial grass Calamagrostis epigejos. We compared the responses of mature ramets of different size growing i

Keywords

• allocation
• clonal plants
• intra-specific variation
• physiological integration
• rhizome connection
• severing
• clonal integration
• physiological integration
• fragaria-chiloensis
• competition
• perennials
• responses
• tillers
• growth
• herb