Testing the adaptive plasticity hypothesis: Density-dependent selection on manipulated stem length in Impatiens capensis

American Naturalist

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 445-465

  Dudley, Susan A ^a,b   Schmitt, Johanna ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPATIENTS CAPENSIS; IMPATIENS CAPENSIS;

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ORANGE BALSAM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; STEM ELONGATION;

EID: 0029668088     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285860     Document Type: Article

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