Links between belowground and aboveground resource-related traits reveal species growth strategies that promote invasive advantages

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Smith, Maria S ^a   Fridley, Jason D ^b   Goebel, Marc ^a   Bauerle, Taryn L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN 15; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FINE ROOT; FRANGULA; FRANGULA ALNUS; GROWTH RATE; LIFESPAN; LONICERA; LONICERA JAPONICA; LONICERA SEMPERVIRENS; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; RHAMNUS; RHAMNUS ALNIFOLIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRING; UNITED STATES; ADAPTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SEASON;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; FRANGULA; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LONICERA; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; RHAMNUS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84905659625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104189     Document Type: Article

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