Effects of simulated grazing on different genotypes of Bouteloua gracilis: How important is morphology?

Oecologia

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 66-74

  Kotanen, Peter M ^a,b   Bergelson, Joy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bouteloua gracilis; Grazing; Morphology; Resistance; Shortgrass steppe; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; GENOTYPE; GRAZING; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; POACEAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034104168     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050990     Document Type: Article

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