Soil nutrient supply modulates temperature-induction cues in mast-seeding grasses

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 462-469

  Tanentzap, Andrew J ^a,b   Lee, William G ^b,c   Coomes, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine grasslands; Bayesian; Chionochloa spp.; Environmental change; Mast flowering; Murchison Mountains, New Zealand; Snow tussock grass; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AMMONIUM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GROWING SEASON; MINERAL; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEEDING; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLOWER; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POACEAE; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

FLOWERS; NEW ZEALAND; NITROGEN; POACEAE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEEDS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

CHIONOCHLOA; POACEAE;

EID: 84860250345     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1750.1     Document Type: Article

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