Plasticity to neighbour shade: Fitness consequences and allometry

Functional Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1146-1153

  Bell, D L ^a   Galloway, L F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Geranium carolinianum; Neighbour shade; Petiole; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; AVOIDANCE REACTION; CLIPPING; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERB; HETEROGENEITY; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SHADING;

GERANIUM CAROLINIANUM;

EID: 36248968182     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01327.x     Document Type: Article

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