Growth consequences of soil nutrient heterogeneity for two old-field herbs, Ambrosia artemisiifolia and Phytolacca americana, grown individually and in combination

Annals of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 471-478

  Cahill Jr , James F ^a,b   Casper, Brenda B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambrosia artemisiifolia; Foraging; Nutrient heterogeneity; Nutrient patches; Phytolacca americana; Plasticity; Pokeweed; Ragweed; Root proliferation

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RESPONSE; HETEROGENEITY; SOIL NUTRIENT;

AMBROSIA; AMBROSIA ARTEMISIFOLIA; AMBROSIA ARTEMISIIFOLIA; PHYTOLACCA AMERICANA; PHYTOLACCACEAE;

EID: 0032903226     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1999.0841     Document Type: Article

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