Adaptive evolution of plastic foraging responses in a clonal plant

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3309-3319

  Van Kleunen, M ^a   Fisher, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity; Clonal growth; Foraging responses; Genetic variation; Local adaptation; Ranunculus reptans; Selection gradient analysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLONAL GROWTH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROGENEITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

EUROPE; LAKE CONSTANCE;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; EMBRYOPHYTA; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS; RANUNCULUS FLAMMULA FILIFORMIS; RANUNCULUS REPTANS;

EID: 0035668307     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[3309:AEOPFR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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