Herbivore-induced shifts in carbon and nitrogen allocation in red oak seedlings

New Phytologist

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 835-845

  Frost, Christopher J ^a,b   Hunter, Mark D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon allocation; Herbivory; Nitrogen allocation; Orgyia leucostigma (white marked tussock moth); Quercus rubra (red oak); Rhizodeposition; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; DECIDUOUS TREE; EXUDATION; FINE ROOT; HERBIVORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROCOSM; MOTH; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEEDLING; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; METABOLISM; OAK; PARASITOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SEEDLING;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; QUERCUS; SEEDLING;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; ORGYIA LEUCOSTIGMA; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 43449125887     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02420.x     Document Type: Article

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