The effects of herbivory and resource variability on the production of a second inflorescence by the desert lily, Pancratium sickenbergeri

Plant Ecology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-55

  Ruiz, Natalia ^a,b   Saltz, David ^a   Ward, David ^a,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Compensation; Geophytes; Phenotypic plasticity; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; FLOWERING; GEOPHYTE; HERBIVORY; PLANT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

AMARYLLIDACEAE; GAZELLA DORCAS; HESPEROCALLIS; LILIUM; PANCRATIUM SICKENBERGERI;

EID: 33747041902     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9111-x     Document Type: Article

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