Selection on phenotypic plasticity of morphological traits in response to flooding and competition in the clonal shore plant Ranunculus reptans

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2126-2137

  Van Kleunen, M ^a,b,c   Lenssen, J P M ^d   Fischer, M ^a,c   De Kroon, H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive plasticity; Clonal growth; Genotypic variation; Selection gradients; Spatial heterogeneity; Temporal heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

CLONAL GROWTH; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FITNESS; FLOODING; GENOTYPE; HETEROGENEITY; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; VASCULAR PLANT;

ARTICLE; DISASTER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANUNCULACEAE;

GENOTYPE; NATURAL DISASTERS; PHENOTYPE; RANUNCULUS; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS REPTANS;

EID: 35449006376     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01431.x     Document Type: Article

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