Shade-induced plasticity and its ecological significance in wild populations of Arabidopsis thaliana

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1965-1980

  Callahan, Hilary S ^a,b   Pigliucci, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Age and size at reproduction; Agricultural Experiment Station, Tennessee; Arabidopsis thaliana; Flowering time; Life history evolution; Light spectral quality; Phenotypic plasticity; Phenotypic selection; Phytochrome; Shade avoidance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FLOWERING; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SHADING;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0001703131     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1965:SIPAIE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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