Phenotypic plasticity for offspring traits in Polygonum Persicaria

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1791-1807

  Sultan, S E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitness; Maternal effects; Norm of reaction; Offspring quality; Parental investment; Phenotypic plasticity; Polygonum; Resource limitation; Seed number; Seed size

Indexed keywords

CLONAL PLANT; FITNESS; HEART'S EASE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

POLYGONACEAE; POLYGONUM PERSICARIA;

EID: 0030441379     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265784     Document Type: Article

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