Like herbivores, parasitic plants are limited by host nitrogen content

Plant Ecology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 245-250

  Pennings, Steven C ^a   Simpson, Juliet C ^b  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuscuta; Fertilization experiment; Nitrogen; Parasitic plant

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROHABITAT; NITROGEN; PARASITIC PLANT; PHLOEM; SALTMARSH; VINE; XYLEM;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CUSCUTA; CUSCUTA SALINA; CUSCUTEAE; JAUMEA; JAUMEA CARNOSA; SALICORNIA; SALICORNIA VIRGINICA;

EID: 42549102212     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9348-z     Document Type: Article

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