A leachate a day keeps the seedlings away: Mowing and the inhibitory effects of Festuca paniculata in subalpine grasslands

Annals of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1271-1278

  Viard Crétat, Flore ^a,b   Gallet, Christiane ^c   Lefebvre, Marianne ^a   Lavorel, Sandra ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Allelopathy; Bromus erectus; Chemical interference; Competition; Dactylis glomerata; Festuca paniculata; Mowing; Polyphenols; Subalpine

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALLELOCHEMICAL; ALLELOPATHY; DOMINANCE; GRASS; GROWTH RESPONSE; LEACHATE; MOWING; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

BROMUS; BROMUS ERECTUS; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; FESTUCA PANICULATA; POACEAE;

EID: 66249118325     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp064     Document Type: Article

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