Changed Clonal Growth Form Induced by Sand Burial Facilitates the Acclimation of Carex brevicuspis to Competition

Feng Li; Yonghong Xie; Lianlian Zhu; Li Jiang; Xinsheng Chen; Baihan Pan; Zhengmiao Deng

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0121270

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Changed Clonal Growth Form Induced by Sand Burial Facilitates the Acclimation of Carex brevicuspis to Competition

Feng Li,

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hunan 410125, China, Dongting Lake Station for Wetland Ecosystem Research, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Changsha, 410125, China
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Yonghong Xie ,

* E-mail: yonghongxie@163.com

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hunan 410125, China, Dongting Lake Station for Wetland Ecosystem Research, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Changsha, 410125, China
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Lianlian Zhu,

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hunan 410125, China, Dongting Lake Station for Wetland Ecosystem Research, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Changsha, 410125, China, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Li Jiang,

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hunan 410125, China, Dongting Lake Station for Wetland Ecosystem Research, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Changsha, 410125, China
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Xinsheng Chen,

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hunan 410125, China, Dongting Lake Station for Wetland Ecosystem Research, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Changsha, 410125, China
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Baihan Pan,

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hunan 410125, China, Dongting Lake Station for Wetland Ecosystem Research, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Changsha, 410125, China, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Zhengmiao Deng

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hunan 410125, China, Dongting Lake Station for Wetland Ecosystem Research, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Changsha, 410125, China
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Changed Clonal Growth Form Induced by Sand Burial Facilitates the Acclimation of Carex brevicuspis to Competition

Feng Li,
Yonghong Xie,
Lianlian Zhu,
Li Jiang,
Xinsheng Chen,
Baihan Pan,
Zhengmiao Deng

Published: March 30, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121270

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