Latitudinal variation in plant size and relative growth rate in Arabidopsis thaliana

Oecologia

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 293-301

  Li, Bo ^a,b   Suzuki, Jun Ichirou ^a   Hara, Toshihiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Genetic variation; Latitude; Plant size; Relative growth rate

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; LATITUDINAL VARIATION; PLANT; SIZE;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0031817684     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050519     Document Type: Article

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