Induction of overcompensation in the field gentian, Gentianella campestris

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1061-1072

  Lennartsson, Tommy ^a   Nilsson, Patric ^b   Tuomi, Juha ^b,c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Ecology Building ^*  (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fruit production; Gentianella campestris; Geometric mean fitness; Grazing; Induction; Lifetime success; Mowing; Overcompensation; Phenology; Temporal heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

CLIPPING; COMPENSATION; INDUCED RESPONSE; PLANT;

GENTIANELLA CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 0031853448     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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