Non-structural carbohydrate accumulation and use in an understorey rain-forest shrub and relevance for the impact of leaf herbivory

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 636-643

  Marquis, R J ^a   Newell, E A ^b   Villegas, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Non structural carbohydrates; Piper arieianum; Resource allocation; Tropical rain forests

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE ACCUMULATION; HERBIVORY; LEAF HERBIVORY; LOWLAND MOIST FOREST; UNDERSTOREY SHRUB;

CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PIPER ARIEIANUM; PIPERACEAE;

EID: 0030730003     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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