No effect of ploidy level in plant response to competition in a common garden experiment

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-219

  Münzbergová, Zuzana ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Asteraceae; Bromus erectus; Competitor; Dry grassland; Evolution; Growth rate; Phenotypic plasticity; Productivity; Transplant experiment

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DICOTYLEDON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYPLOIDY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ASTER AMELLUS; ASTERACEAE; BROMUS; BROMUS ERECTUS;

EID: 34548790124     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00820.x     Document Type: Article

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