Leaf fluctuating asymmetry increases with hybridization and elevation in tree-line birches

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2092-2099

  Wilsey, Brian J ^a,b   Haukioja, Erkki ^a   Koricheva, Julia ^a   Sulkinoja, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Betula; Developmental instability; Environmental stress; Fennoscandia; Fluctuating asymmetry in leaves; Hybridization; Subarctic ecology

Indexed keywords

FINLAND; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT LEAF;

ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; HYBRIDIZATION; LEAF; TREELINE;

FINLAND;

BETULA NANA; BETULA PENDULA; BETULA PUBESCENS;

EID: 0031666443     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2092:LFAIWH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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