To resprout or not to resprout: Factors driving intraspecific variability in resprouting

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1577-1584

  Moreira, Bruno ^a   Tormo, Jaume ^b   Pausas, Juli G ^a  

^a CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RESPROUTING; SURVIVAL; VIGOR;

ANTHYLLIS; ANTHYLLIS CYTISOIDES; GLOBULARIA; GLOBULARIA ALYPUM; LINUM;

EID: 84862254725     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.20258.x     Document Type: Article

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