Separate effects of human visitation and touch on plant growth and herbivory in an old-field community

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1401-1409

  Cahill Jr , James F ^a   Castelli, Jeffrey P ^b   Casper, Brenda B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental methods; Herbivory uncertainty principle; Old field; Thigmomorphogenesis; Visitation effect

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GROWTH; HERBIVORY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OLD FIELD; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ANIMALIA; APOCYNUM; APOCYNUM CANNABINUM; ERIGERON; ERIGERON PHILADELPHICUS; POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA RECTA;

EID: 0036742040     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.89.9.1401     Document Type: Article

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