Responses of clonal architecture to experimental defoliation: A comparative study between ten grassland species

Plant Ecology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 621-630

  Benot, Marie Lise ^a   Mony, Cendrine ^a   Puijalon, Sara ^b   Mohammad Esmaeili, Majid ^a,c   Van Alphen, Jacques J M ^a   Bouzillé, Jan Bernard ^a   Bonis, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Between class PCA; Glasshouse experiment; Response groups; Short term defoliation; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLONAL GROWTH; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFOLIATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENET; GRASSLAND; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PASTURE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYTOMASS; RAMET; TOLERANCE;

EID: 67349239334     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9546-3     Document Type: Review

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