Variation in petiole and internode length affects plant performance in Trifolium repens under opposing selection regimes

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 383-397

  Weijschedé, Jelmer ^a   Berentsen, Rick ^a   De Kroon, Hans ^a   Huber, Heidrun ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competition; Disturbance; Phenotypic plasticity; Shade avoidance; Vertical and horizontal spacers

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISTURBANCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HERB; LEGUME; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RAMET; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELECTION; SHADE TOLERANCE;

LOLIUM PERENNE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 41549146822     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-007-9224-2     Document Type: Article

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