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Effect of water increment on phenology, productivity, and herbivory of Fuchsia boliviana C. (Onagraceae) in Northwestern Argentina
| العنوان: | Effect of water increment on phenology, productivity, and herbivory of Fuchsia boliviana C. (Onagraceae) in Northwestern Argentina |
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| المؤلفون: | Silvia B. Lomáscolo, Ana C. Monmany, Julieta Magro, Pablo Suárez, Franco Andrada |
| المصدر: | Ecología Austral, Vol 29, Iss 2 (2019) |
| بيانات النشر: | Asociación Argentina de Ecología, 2019. |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Environmental sciences LCC:Ecology |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Environmental sciences, GE1-350, Ecology, QH540-549.5 |
| الوصف: | Water availability may affect plant productivity because it limits a plant’s ability to reproduce and defend itself. In this field study, we studied the effect of water increment in relation to: a) flower production, b) fruit production and c) herbivory, focusing on Fuchsia boliviana (Onagraceae) in the Yungas forest of Northwestern Argentina. We selected 10 pairs of plants of similar size separated at least 5 m from each other. We watered one plant of the pair with 20 L twice a week between September and December, 2016. The number of flowers and fruits of all plants were counted twice a week. Herbivory was quantified once from photographs of five leaves per plant using ImageJ version 1.5i. Based on Wilcoxon tests, we found no difference in the number of flowers, or fruits, nor in herbivory in plants of both treatments. We observed a trend for watered plants starting to flower later and with more intensity than unwatered plants. We discuss different options that may explain why water increase did not affect reproduction nor the level of herbivore damage in Fuchsia boliviana. https://doi.org/10.25260/EA.19.29.2.0.806 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English Spanish; Castilian |
| تدمد: | 0327-5477 1667-782X |
| Relation: | https://ojs.ecologiaaustral.com.ar/index.php/Ecologia_Austral/article/view/806; https://doaj.org/toc/0327-5477; https://doaj.org/toc/1667-782X |
| DOI: | 10.25260/EA.19.29.2.0.806 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/cd2f23beb1f6469a9added06f2d24050 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.2f23beb1f6469a9added06f2d24050 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| تدمد: | 03275477 1667782X |
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| DOI: | 10.25260/EA.19.29.2.0.806 |