Geographic variation and plasticity to water and nutrients in Pelargonium australe

New Phytologist

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 136-149

  Nicotra, Adrienne B ^a   Hermes, Jacob P ^a   Jones, Cynthia S ^b   Schlichting, Carl D ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental heterogeneity; Leaf traits; Local adaptation; Pelargonium australe; Phenotypic integration; Phenotypic plasticity; Water use

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HERB; HETEROGENEITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEEDLING; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PELARGONIUM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

GEOGRAPHY; PELARGONIUM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER;

PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM AUSTRALE;

EID: 34548391539     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02157.x     Document Type: Article

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