A chemical trait creates a genetic trade-off between intra- and interspecific competitive ability

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1181-1187

  Lankau, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Brassica nigra; Competition; Genetic variation; Glucosinolates; Sinigrin; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ALLELOPATHY; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NIGRA;

GLUCOSINOLATE; SINIGRIN;

ARTICLE; BRASSICA; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ECOSYSTEM; GLUCOSINOLATES; MUSTARD PLANT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 46749089630     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1541.1     Document Type: Article

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