Little strokes fell great oaks: Minor but chronic herbivory substantially reduces birch growth

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2036-2043

  Zvereva, Elena L ^a   Zverev, Vitali ^a   Kozlov, Mikhail V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BOREAL FOREST; CHLOROPHYLL; DECIDUOUS TREE; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; LEAF AREA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REGROWTH; SHRUB; TEMPERATE FOREST; TOLERANCE;

BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; QUERCUS;

EID: 84869881149     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20688.x     Document Type: Article

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