Phenotypic plasticity of growth trajectories in two species of Lobelia in response to nutrient availability

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-276

  Pigliucci, Massimo ^a,b   Diiorio, Philip ^a   Schlichting, Carl D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental reaction norm; Growth trajectory heterogeneous environments; Lobelia cardinalis; Lobelia siphilitica; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH PATTERN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

CAMPANULACEAE; CARDINALIS; LOBELIA; LOBELIA CARDINALIS; LOBELIA SIPHILITICA; LOBELIACEAE;

EID: 0030743732     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960500     Document Type: Article

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