Habitat-specific genetic effects on growth rate and morphology across pH and water-level gradients within a population of the moss Sphagnum angustifolium (Sphagnaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1687-1698

  Såstad, Sigurd M ^a   Pedersen, Bård ^a   Digre, Kjetil ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bryophyte; Multiple niche; Phenotypic plasticity; Reaction norm; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

CLONE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ADAPTABILITY; GENETIC VARIANCE; GENOTYPE; HABITAT; PLANT GROWTH;

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; MOSS;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; EMBRYOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM;

EID: 0033301204     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2656667     Document Type: Article

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