Herbivory and competition interact to affect reproductive traits and mating system expression in Impatiens capensis

American Naturalist

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 591-600

  Steets, Janette A ^a,b,c   Salla, Rhiannon ^a   Ashman, Tia Lynn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Cleistogamy; Floral traits; Intraspecific competition; Mixed mating system; Vegetative herbivory

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HERBIVORY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATING BEHAVIOR; PLANT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IMPATIENS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; FRUIT; IMPATIENS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS CAPENSIS;

EID: 33645962850     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501030     Document Type: Article

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