Carbohydrate and nitrogen stores in Festuca paniculata under mowing explain dominance in subalpine grasslands

Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 395-404

  Baptist, F ^a,b   Secher Fromell, H ^a   Viard Cretat, F ^a   Aranjuelo, I ^b,c   Clement, J C ^a   Creme, A ^a,b   Desclos, M ^d   Laine, P ^d   Nogues, S ^b   Lavorel, S ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Fructan; Management extensification; Mowing; Nitrogen; Subalpine grasslands

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; NITROGEN;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBOHYDRATE; COLONIZATION; DEFOLIATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MOWING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGROWTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; FESCUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SEASON; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

BIOTA; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; FESTUCA; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; SEASONS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ALPS;

FESTUCA PANICULATA;

EID: 84873432925     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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