Counteractive biomass allocation responses to drought and damage in the perennial herb Convolvulus demissus

Austral Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 544-548

  Quezada, Iván M ^a   Gianoli, Ernesto ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Compensation; Drought; Functional response; Herbivory

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; BEETLE; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPENSATION; DEFOLIATION; DROUGHT; FITNESS; HERB; HERBIVORY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIVESTOCK; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CHILE;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CONVOLVULACEAE; CONVOLVULUS; CONVOLVULUS DEMISSUS;

EID: 77954835892     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.02063.x     Document Type: Article

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