Herbivory on temperate rainforest seedlings in sun and shade: Resistance, tolerance and habitat distribution

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Salgado Luarte, Cristian ^a   Gianoli, Ernesto ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; NONHUMAN; PLANT DAMAGE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEEDLING; SNAIL; SUN EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATE RAIN FOREST; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ANIMAL; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARASITOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; SUNLIGHT; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

EMBOTHRIUM COCCINEUM; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; SEEDLING; SOUTH AMERICA; SUNLIGHT; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 77955357996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011460     Document Type: Article

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