Herbivory has a greater impact in shade than in sun: Response of Quercus pyrenaica seedlings to multifactorial environmental variation

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 357-364

  Baraza, Elena ^a   Gómez, José M ^a   Hódar, José A ^a   Zamora, Regino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental context; Light; Mammal herbivory; Oak seedlings; Quercus pyrenaica; Secondary compounds

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; MORPHOLOGY; SEED; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

SEEDLINGS; SUN SHADES; TREE REGENERATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; HERBIVORY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; WOODY PLANT;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; QUERCUS;

EID: 2942704195     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b04-004     Document Type: Article

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