Is photomorphogenic shade avoidance adaptive? Perspectives from population biology

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 826-830

  Schmitt, J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive plasticity; Ecotypes; Genetic correlations; Natural selection; Phenotypic plasticity; Photomorphogenesis; Phytochrome

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE PLASTICITY; ECOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS; PLANT; SELECTION; SHADE AVOIDANCE;

EID: 0030613406     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-96.x     Document Type: Article

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