An assessment of the differential sensitivity of four summer-deciduous chamaephytes to grazing and plant interactions using translational asymmetry

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 554-566

  Alados, C L ^a   Giner, M L ^a   Pueyo, Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Developmental instability; Grazing; Plant interaction; Translational asymmetry

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DEVELOPMENTAL INSTABILITY; GRAZING; PLANT INTERACTION; TRANSLATIONAL ASYMMETRY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BALLOTA; BALLOTA HIRSUTA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; SIDERITIS; TEUCRIUM; TEUCRIUM LUSITANICUM; THYMUS HYEMALIS;

EID: 33646782612     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2005.08.019     Document Type: Article

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