The effect of nitrogen fertilization and rust fungus infection, singly and combined, on the leaf chemical composition of Rumex obtusifolius

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 545-553

  Hatcher, P E ^a,b   Paul, N D ^a   Ayres, P G ^a   Whittaker, J B ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Carbohydrate; Insect herbivory; Nitrate; Oxalate

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FUNGI; GASTROPHYSA VIRIDULA; INSECTA; RUMEX; RUMEX OBTUSIFOLIUS; UREDINALES; UROMYCES; UROMYCES RUMICIS;

EID: 0030781513     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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