The interplay between shifts in biomass allocation and costs of reproduction in four grassland perennials under simulated successional change

Oecologia

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 369-378

  Jongejans, Eelke ^a,b,c   De Kroon, Hans ^b   Berendse, Frank ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs of reproduction; Root shoot ratio; Sexual reproductive allocation; Succession

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); REPRODUCTIVE COST; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SUCCESSION;

ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BIOMASS; DIPSACACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; POACEAE; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ASTERACEAE; BIOMASS; DIPSACACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; POACEAE; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA JACEA; CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM DISSECTUM; HYPOCHAERIS RADICATA; MOLINIA CAERULEA; SUCCISA PRATENSIS;

EID: 32444438296     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0325-8     Document Type: Article

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