Phenotypic plasticity - Contrasting species-specific traits induced by identical environmental constraints

New Phytologist

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 449-451

  Strand, John A ^a   Weisner, Stefan E B ^b  

^a Rural Econ Agric Soc of Halland ^*  (Sweden)

^b HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Aquatic macrophytes; Evolution; Morphology; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 4143066996     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01144.x     Document Type: Note

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