Growth and reproduction of a clonal plant in response to salinity and florivory

Wetlands

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 803-812

  Tobler, Mark A ^a,b   Van Zandt, Peter A ^b,c   Hasenstein, Karl H ^a   Mopper, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Browsing; Compensation; Deer; Flowers; Herbivory; Iris hexagona; Odocoileus virginianus; Perennial; Plasticity; Reproduction; Rhizome; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CLONAL GROWTH; CLONAL ORGANISM; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SALINITY; SALTMARSH;

NORTH AMERICA;

CERVIDAE; IRIS HEXAGONA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 31144442575     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2006)26[803:GAROAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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