Fire, nitrogen, and defensive plasticity in Nicotiana attenuata

Oecologia

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 531-540

  Lynds, Gladys Y ^a   Baldwin, Ian T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometry; Fire; Nicotiana attenuata; Nicotine; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FIRE; NITROGEN; PLANT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

NICOTIANA ATTENUATA;

EID: 0031821336     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050551     Document Type: Article

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