Herbivory Promotes Plant Production and Reproduction in Nutrient-Poor Conditions: Effects of Plant Adaptive Phenology

American Naturalist

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 138-153

  Yamauchi, Atsushi ^a   Yamamura, Norio ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamic optimization; Grazing optimization; Model; Nutrient cycle; Plant phenology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHENOLOGY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REPRODUCTION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REPRODUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1242276561     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/380569     Document Type: Article

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