Herbivores modify selection on plant functional traits in a temperate rainforest understory

American Naturalist

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Salgado Luarte, Cristian ^a   Gianoli, Ernesto ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aristotelia chilensis; Ecophysiological traits; Herbivory; Natural selection; Shade; Specific leaf area (SLA)

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EVERGREEN TREE; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORE; LEAF AREA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIGHT INTENSITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAINFOREST; SEEDLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; SHADING; TEMPERATE FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHILE; ELAEOCARPACEAE; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROPOD; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEEDLING; SUNLIGHT; TREE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEETLES; CHILE; ELAEOCARPACEAE; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROPODA; HERBIVORY; SEEDLING; SELECTION, GENETIC; SUNLIGHT; TREES;

ARISTOTELIA CHILENSIS;

EID: 84863693728     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/666612     Document Type: Article

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