Defoliation and woody plant (Prosopis glandulosa) seedling regeneration: Potential vs realized herbivory tolerance

Plant Ecology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-135

  Weltzin, Jake F ^a,b   Archer, Steven R ^a   Heitschmidt, Rodney K ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c USDA/ARS Ft Keogh   (United States)

Author keywords

Browsing; Clipping; Competition; Honey mesquite; Survival; Texas; Top removal

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBIVORY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE;

PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA;

EID: 0031698584     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009743130922     Document Type: Article

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