Extreme defoliation reduces tree growth but not C and N storage in a winter-deciduous species

Annals of Botany

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1093-1103

  Piper, Frida I ^a,b   Gundale, Michael J ^c   Fajardo, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; defoliation; herbivory; insect outbreaks; nitrogen; non structural carbohydrates; Nothofagaceae; Nothofagus pumilio; Ormiscodes amphimone; Patagonia; plant defences; storage.

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; CATERPILLAR; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; INSECT; NITROGEN; PEST OUTBREAK; PLANT DEFENSE; SURVIVAL; WINTER;

HEXAPODA; NOTHOFAGACEAE; NOTHOFAGUS PUMILIO; SATURNIIDAE;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; CHILE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; METABOLISM; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TREE;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; CARBON; CHILE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HERBIVORY; MOTHS; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; TREES;

EID: 84930420033     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcv038     Document Type: Article

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