Natural selection on and predicted responses of ecophysiological traits of swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 536-542

  Agrawal, Anurag A ^a   Erwin, Alexis C ^a   Cook, Susan C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon : nitrogen ratio; Drought tolerance; Evolution of plant physiology; Leaf water content; Phenotypic plasticity; Phenotypic selection; Responses to environmental change; Specific leaf area; Trichome; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; LEAF AREA; NATURAL SELECTION; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SWAMP; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WEED;

ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS INCARNATA;

EID: 42149114255     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01365.x     Document Type: Article

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