Phytochrome signalling in plant canopies: Testing its population-level implications with photoreceptor mutants of Arabidopsis

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 441-450

  Ballare C L ^a   Scopel, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Phytochrome; Plant competition; Red:far red ratio; Sensory ecology; Size inequality

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; PHYTOCHROME SIGNALLING; PLANT-PLANT SIGNALLING; POPULATION DENSITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICACEAE;

EID: 0030757606     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00108.x     Document Type: Article

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