Disappearing plants: Why they hide and how they return

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3407-3413

  Gremer, Jennifer R ^a   Sala, Anna ^a   Crone, Elizabeth E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astragalus scaphoides; Carbon metabolism; Life history; Nonstructural carbohydrates; Prolonged dormancy; Stored resources; Vegetative dormancy

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; DORMANCY; GROWING SEASON; HERB; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; METABOLISM; PERENNIAL PLANT; REMOBILIZATION;

ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ASTRAGALUS PLANT; ECOSYSTEM; MONTANA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT ROOTS; SEASONS;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

ASTRAGALUS SCAPHOIDES;

EID: 78249236581     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1864.1     Document Type: Article

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