Mycorrhizal colonization does not affect tolerance to defoliation of an annual herb in different light availability and soil fertility treatments but increases flower size in light-rich environments

Oecologia

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 131-139

  Aguilar Chama, Ana ^a   Guevara, Roger ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cross pollination; Floral display; Seed set; Solanaceae; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DEFOLIATION; FITNESS; FLOWER; HERB; HERBIVORY; HETEROGENEITY; INOCULATION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT EFFECT; LIMITING FACTOR; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLINATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEED SET; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SYMBIOSIS; TOLERANCE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

AGRICULTURAL INOCULATION; ARTICLE; DATURA; FLOWER; LIGHT; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; SOIL; SYMBIOSIS;

AGRICULTURAL INOCULANTS; DATURA; FLOWERS; LIGHT; MYCORRHIZAE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; POLLINATION; SEEDS; SOIL; SYMBIOSIS;

DATURA STRAMONIUM; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 84855678601     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2066-1     Document Type: Article

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