Herbivory resistance traits in populations of Poa ligularis subjected to historically different sheep grazing pressure in Patagonia

Plant Ecology

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-133

  Rotundo, José L ^a,b   Aguiar, Martín R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grazing avoidance; Grazing tolerance; Herbivory resistance; Human land use; Plant traits; Tussock grasses

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DIOECY; GENOTYPE; GRASS; GRAZING PRESSURE; HERBIVORY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LAND USE; LEAF AREA; OVERGRAZING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHEEP;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

OVIS ARIES; POA; POA LIGULARIS; POACEAE;

EID: 36448935633     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9279-8     Document Type: Article

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