Plasticity of seed output in response to soil nutrients and density in Abutilon theophrasti: Implications for maintenance of genetic variation

Oecologia

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-41

  Sugiyama, S ^a,b   Bazzaz, F A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abutilon theophrasti; Genetic variation; Phenotypic plasticity; Plant size; Reproductive allocation

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE ALLOCATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SOIL NUTRIENT; VELVETLEAF;

ABUTILON THEOPHRASTI; MALVACEAE;

EID: 0030931780     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050280     Document Type: Article

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