Resource availability and repeated defoliation mediate compensatory growth in trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) seedlings
Plant ecologists have debated the mechanisms used by plants to cope with the impact of herbivore damage. While plant resistance mechanisms have received much attention, plant compensatory growth as a type of plant tolerance mechanisms has been less studied. We conducted a greenhouse experiment to ev...
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| Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2014-07-01
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| Series: | PeerJ |
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/491.pdf |