Impact of herbivory on flowering behaviour and life history trade-offs in a polycarpic herb: A 10-year experiment

Oecologia

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 293-303

  Brys, Rein ^a,b   Shefferson, Richard P ^c   Jacquemyn, Hans ^d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age of flowering; Cost of reproduction; Flowering frequency; Iteroparity; Primula veris; Size dependent flowering

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOWERING; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERB; HERBIVORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOWING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMULACEAE; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMULA; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

PRIMULA VERIS; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 79956044040     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1842-7     Document Type: Article

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