Applying the limiting resource model to plant tolerance of apical meristem damage

American Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 635-647

  Wise, Michael J ^a   Abrahamson, Warren G ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical dominance; Compensatory continuum hypothesis; Growth rate model; Overcompensation; Solidago altissima; Tolerance of herbivory

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; HERBIVORY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEED PRODUCTION; TOLERANCE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLIDAGO;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; MERISTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOLIDAGO;

SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS VAR. SCABRA;

EID: 54349106426     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591691     Document Type: Article

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