An evolutionary perspective on the 'death hormone' hypothesis in plants

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 511-516

  Wilson, J Bastow ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Functional correlation; group selection; kin selection; monocarpy; nutrient diversion; senescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030940602     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.990321.x     Document Type: Article

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