Growth and architecture of small honey mesquites under jackrabbit browsing: Overcoming the disadvantage of being eaten

Annals of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 365-375

  Martínez, Armando J ^a   López Portillo, Jorge ^b  

^a CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Exclusion treatments; Honey mesquite; Jackrabbit browsing; Lepus californicus; Plant architecture and growth; Prosopis glandulosa var. Torreyana; Semi arid communities; Spines as mechanical defences; Stem modular demography

Indexed keywords

PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ARIDA; LEPUS CALIFORNICUS; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA VAR. TORREYANA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HARE; MERISTEM; PLANT; PLANT STEM; PROSOPIS;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; HARES; MERISTEM; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT STEMS; PROSOPIS;

EID: 0141462763     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcg148     Document Type: Article

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