Lignotuber reserves support regrowth following clipping of two Mediterranean shrubs

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-38

  Canadell, J ^a   Lopez Soria L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbutus unedo; Burl; Disturbance; Erica arborea; Mineral and carbon resources; Mobilization; Resprouting

Indexed keywords

CLIPPING; LIGNOTUBER; NUTRIENT RESERVE; SHRUB;

EID: 0031886470     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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