It is risky out there: The costs of emergence and the benefits of prolonged dormancy

Oecologia

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 937-947

  Gremer, Jennifer R ^a,b   Sala, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Astragalus scaphoides; Defoliation; Drought; Prolonged dormancy; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

DEFOLIATION; DORMANCY; DROUGHT; EMERGENCE; EMERGENCY VESSEL; FLOWERING; HERB; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STOCHASTICITY;

ASTRAGALUS SCAPHOIDES;

WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; DORMANCY; DROUGHT; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ASTRAGALUS PLANT; DROUGHTS; HOT TEMPERATURE; PLANT DORMANCY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER;

EID: 84880832290     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2557-8     Document Type: Article

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