Effects of experimental inbreeding on herbivore resistance and plant fitness: The role of history of inbreeding, herbivory and abiotic factors

Ecology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1101-1110

  Leimu, Roosa ^a,b,c   Kloss, Lena ^a   Fischer, Markus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Experimental inbreeding; Fitness; Herbivore resistance; Herbivory; Inbreeding depression; Outbreeding depression; Purging of genetic load

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; FITNESS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HERBIVORE; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING; SNAIL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INBREEDING; LYCHNIS; POLLINATION; POPULATION GENETICS; SNAIL; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS, POPULATION; INBREEDING; LYCHNIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLLINATION; SNAILS; SWITZERLAND; VARIATION (GENETICS);

GASTROPODA; LYCHNIS; LYCHNIS FLOS-CUCULI;

EID: 51249099958     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01222.x     Document Type: Article

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