Compensatory growth responses to clipping defoliation in Leymus chinensis (Poaceae) under nutrient addition and water deficiency conditions

Plant Ecology

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-99

  Zhao, Wei ^a,b   Chen, Shi Ping ^a   Lin, Guang Hui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Allocation; Biomass; Compensatory photosynthesis; Defoliation; Drought; N and P addition; Relative growth rate

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COMPENSATION; DEFOLIATION; DROUGHT STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STEPPE;

LEYMUS CHINENSIS; POACEAE;

EID: 41549103390     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9336-3     Document Type: Article

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