Local adaptation to biotic factors: Reciprocal transplants of four species associated with aromatic Thymus pulegioides and T. serpyllum

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 981-992

  Grøndahl, Eva ^a   Ehlers, Bodil K ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Plant plant interaction; Secondary compounds; Terpene; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLELOPATHY; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; EVOLUTION; HERB; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; TERPENE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; GALIUM; GALIUM VERUM; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS PULEGIOIDES; THYMUS SERPYLLUM; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 49649094531     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01407.x     Document Type: Article

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