Ecophysiology of five mediterranean perennial grasses:I) effects of shade, water stress and defoliation on growth and allocation

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-215

  Mingo, A ^a   Mazzoleni, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compensatory growth; Disturbance; Relative growth rate; Root shoot ratio; Stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008844527     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.1997.10654183     Document Type: Article

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