Greater capacity for division of labour in clones of Fragaria chiloensis from patchier habitats

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 397-405

  Roiloa, Sergio R ^a,b   Alpert, Peter ^a   Tharayil, Nishanth ^a   Hancock, Govinda ^a   Bhowmik, Prasanta C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptive plasticity; Allocation to root and shoot; Chlorophyll content; Clonal growth; Division of labour; Environmental heterogeneity; Fragaria chiloensis; Grassland; Physiological integration; Sand dune

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANGIOSPERM; CLONAL GROWTH; CLONAL ORGANISM; DUNE; HETEROGENEITY; PATCHINESS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FRAGARIA CHILOENSIS; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 34247236779     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01216.x     Document Type: Article

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