Differential resistance to freezing and spatial distribution in a chemically polymorphic plant Thymus vulgaris

Ecology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 370-377

  Amiot, Justin ^a   Salmon, Yann ^a   Collin, Christian ^a   Thompson, John D ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical polymorphism; Freezing resistance; Lamiaceae; Secondary compounds

Indexed keywords

FREEZE TOLERANCE; POLYMORPHISM; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 17444417519     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00728.x     Document Type: Article

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