Effects of defoliation and shading on the physiological cost of reproduction in silky locoweed Oxytropis sericea

Annals of Botany

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 237-246

  Ida, Takashi Y ^a   Harder, Lawrence D ^a   Kudo, Gaku ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

13C labelling; carbon partitioning; compensation; Defoliation; ovule limitation; Oxytropis sericea; reproductive cost; shading

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPENSATION; DEFOLIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LEGUME; LIMITING FACTOR; MAGNITUDE; MOBILIZATION; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SHADE TOLERANCE; WEED;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANADA; FLOWER; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; NECTAR; OXYTROPIS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ALBERTA; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FLOWERS; FRUIT; LIGHT; OXYTROPIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT NECTAR; SEEDS;

DESMODIUM; FABACEAE; OXYTROPIS SERICEA;

EID: 84555187136     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr273     Document Type: Article

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