Herbivory may modify functional responses to shade in seedlings of a light-demanding tree species

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 492-499

  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

Aristotelia chilensis; Constraints; Distribution; Foliar damage; Light gradient; Low light; Phenotypic plasticity; Temperate rainforest

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTAGONISM; DICOTYLEDON; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; LIGHT INTENSITY; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SHADE TOLERANCE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

SOUTH AMERICA;

ARISTOTELIA CHILENSIS; ELAEOCARPACEAE;

EID: 79955494910     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01763.x     Document Type: Article

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