Genetic assembly rules and community phenotypes

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 549-560

  Bangert, Randy K ^a   Whitham, Thomas G ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly rules; Community ecology; Genetic based traits; Populus

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST PLANT; PHENOTYPE;

ARTHROPODA; POPULUS;

EID: 34347333454     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-006-9135-7     Document Type: Article

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