Role of within-individual variation in capitulum size and achene mass in the adaptation of the annual Centaurea eriophora to varying water supply in a Mediterranean environment

Annals of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 279-286

  Ruiz de Clavijo, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Achene mass variation; Asteraceae; Centaurea eriophora; Germination; Growth; Resource allocation; Secondary flowering

Indexed keywords

ACHENE; ADAPTATION; FLOWERING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER STRESS;

SPAIN;

ASTERACEAE; CAPITULUM; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA ERIOPHORA;

WATER;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; DRUG EFFECT; FRUIT; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ASTERACEAE; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FRUIT; GERMINATION; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PLANT STEMS; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 0036323926     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcf188     Document Type: Article

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