Responses of tropical native and invader C4 grasses to water stress, clipping and increased atmospheric CO2 concentration

Oecologia

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 522-532

  Baruch, Zdravko ^a   Jackson, Robert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Global change; Herbivory; Invasion; Neotropics; Savannas

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; WATER;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SAVANNA; WATER STRESS;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; POACEAE; SOUTH AMERICA; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AFRICA; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; POACEAE; SOUTH AMERICA; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER;

HYPARRHENIA RUFA; MELINIS MINUTIFLORA; POACEAE; TRACHYPOGON PLUMOSUS;

EID: 24144470324     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0153-x     Document Type: Article

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