How important are environmental maternal effects in plants? A study with Centaurea maculosa

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-142

  Weiner, J ^a   Martinez, S ^b,d   Muller Scharer H ^c,e   Stoll, P ^a   Schmid, B ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Centaurea maculosa; maternal effects; offspring quality; seed size; seed weight

Indexed keywords

CENTAUREA MACULOSA; ASTERACEAE; FESTUCA PRATENSIS; POACEAE;

MATERNAL EFFECT; SEED SIZE; SEED WEIGHT;

EID: 0030617446     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960645     Document Type: Article

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