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The paucity of knowledge addressing the role of fragmentation in clonal plant ecology emphasizes the need for plant biologists to focus attention onto the ecological and evolutionary contexts of fragmentation as a trait in its own right, not merely the absence of integration.
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Hay, M.J.M., Kelly, C.K. Have clonal plant biologists got it wrong? The case for changing the emphasis to disintegration. Evol Ecol 22, 461–465 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-007-9193-5
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