Local adaptation of the pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus to contrasting substrate types mediated by changes in propagule provisioning

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1081-1092

  Hangelbroek, Helen H ^a,b   Santamaría, Luis ^a,c   De Boer, Thijs ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecotypes; Fennel pondweed; Nutrient availability; Phenotypic plasticity; Propagule size

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; ECOTYPE; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PROPAGULE; SIZE; SUBSTRATE; TUBER;

ANSERIFORMES; FOENICULUM VULGARE; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON; STUCKENIA PECTINATUS;

EID: 0346121777     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00835.x     Document Type: Article

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