Variation in response to defoliation between populations of Bouteloua curtipendula var. caespitosa (Poaceae) with different livestock grazing histories

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1266-1272

  Smith, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bouteloua; Defoliation resistance; Genetic variation; Grazing; Phenotypic plasticity; Poaceae; Sideoats grama

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; DEFOLIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TOLERANCE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOUTELOUA; BOUTELOUA CURTIPENDULA; POACEAE;

EID: 0032229702     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446637     Document Type: Article

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