Distinct physiological responses underlie defoliation tolerance in African lawn and bunch grasses

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 769-778

  Michael Anderson, T ^a   Kumordzi, Bright B ^b   Fokkema, Wimke ^c   Valls Fox, Hugo ^d   Olff, Han ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Assimilation rate; Carotenoids; Grazing; Leaf nitrogen; Leaf tissue density; Photosynthesis; SLA; Structural equation model

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CARBON; CAROTENOID; COEXISTENCE; DEFOLIATION; DOMINANCE; DRY MATTER; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GRASS; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; INVESTMENT; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESEARCH WORK; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TOLERANCE; TRANSPIRATION;

TANZANIA;

EID: 84878092985     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670237     Document Type: Article

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