Flooding Effects on Plants Recovering from Defoliation in Paspalum dilatatum and Lotus tenuis | Zendy

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Flooding Effects on Plants Recovering from Defoliation in Paspalum dilatatum and Lotus tenuis

Author(s) -

Gustavo G. Striker,

Pedro Insausti,

Agustín A. Grimoldi

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcn083

Subject(s) - biology , agronomy , shoot , lotus , biomass (ecology) , tiller (botany) , biomass partitioning , canopy , flooding (psychology) , botany , psychology , psychotherapist

Flooding and grazing are major disturbances that simultaneously affect plant performance in many humid grassland ecosystems. The effects of flooding on plant recovery from defoliation were studied in two species: the grass Paspalum dilatatum, regrowing primarily from current assimilation; and the legume, Lotus tenuis, which can use crown reserves during regrowth.

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