Individual vs. population plastic responses to elevated CO2, nutrient availability, and heterogeneity: A microcosm experiment with co-occurring species

Plant and Soil

Volumn 296, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 53-64

  Maestre, Fernando T ^a,d   Quero, José L ^b   Valladares, Fernando ^c   Reynolds, James F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elevated CO2; Microcosm; Nutrient availability; Phenotypic plasticity; Soil heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COEXISTENCE; GRASS; HETEROGENEITY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROCOSM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SYMPATRY;

HOLCUS; HOLCUS LANATUS; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA;

EID: 34447340624     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9289-2     Document Type: Article

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