Allocation tradeoffs among chaparral shrub seedlings with different life history types (Rhamnaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1464-1476

  Brandon Pratt, R ^a   Jacobsen, Anna L ^a   Hernandez, Jessica ^b   Ewers, Frank W ^c   North, Gretchen B ^d   Davis, Stephen D ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Ceanothus; Drought; Fire; Growth; Life history; Photosynthesis; Rhamnus; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CHAPARRAL; DICOTYLEDON; DIVERGENCE; DROUGHT; FIRE; LIFE HISTORY; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEED BANK; SEEDLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; SHOOT; SHRUB; UNDERSTORY; WATER STRESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; GAS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STOMA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RHAMNACEAE; SEEDLING; SUNLIGHT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; GASES; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT STOMATA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RHAMNACEAE; SEEDLING; SUNLIGHT;

CEANOTHUS; RHAMNACEAE; RHAMNUS;

EID: 84866056724     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200193     Document Type: Article

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