Long-term patterns of leaf, shoot and wood production after insect herbivory in the Mountain Birch

Functional Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 841-850

  Karlsson, P S ^a,b   Weih, M ^b,c  

^a ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apical dominance; Betula pubescens; Defoliation; Epirrita autumnata; Leaf area; Nitrogen; Reproduction; Shoot populations; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

APICAL DOMINANCE; DEFOLIATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; LEAF AREA; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION; SHOOT GROWTH;

ANIMALIA; BETULA; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; EPIRRITA; EPIRRITA AUTUMNATA; GEOMETRIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0347597787     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2003.00792.x     Document Type: Article

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