Allocation and morphological responses to resource manipulations are unlikely to mitigate shade intolerance in Houstonia montana, a rare southern Appalachian herb

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 976-985

  Euliss, Amy C ^a   Fisk, Melany C ^a   McCleneghan, S Coleman ^a   Neufeld, Howard S ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon allocation; Houstonia montana; Leaf and root morphology; Light; Mycorrhizae; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; DEPOSITION; NITROGEN;

CARBON ALLOCATION; HOUSTONIA MONTANA; MYCORRHIZAE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; GROWTH RATE; HERB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SHADE TOLERANCE; SOIL NITROGEN; SUCCESSION;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

HOUSTONIA PURPUREA VAR. MONTANA;

EID: 39649103659     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B07-104     Document Type: Article

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