Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate whether resource availability affects the degree of physiological integration and the growth pattern of interconnected ramets in the clonal plantMaianthemum bifolium (L.)F.W. Schmidt (Liliaceae), a rhizomatous herb of European forests, by studying it at two contrasting South Swedish beech forest sites termed “poor” and “rich”. The degree of physiological integration was studied by tracing the pattern of14C translocation and in a cutting experiment involving rhizome severing and defoliation treatments. The size of the plants, growth of new rhizomes, branching frequency, distance between shoots and the internode length were compared.
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