Resource allocation and storage relative to resprouting ability in wind disturbed coastal forest trees

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 735-749

  Nzunda, Emmanuel F ^a,b   Griffiths, Megan E ^a   Lawes, Michael J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboveground competition; Disturbance regime; Multistemming; Non structural carbohydrate reserves; Persistence niche; Regeneration strategies

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; SEEDLING; WATER STRESS; WIND FORCING;

EID: 84901836678     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-014-9698-7     Document Type: Article

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