Plasticity of Sapium sebiferum seedling growth to light and water resources: Inter- and intraspecific comparisons

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-88

  Zou, Jianwen ^a,b   Rogers, William E ^a,c   Siemann, Evan ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasive species; Phenotypic plasticity; Post introduction evolution; Pre adaptation; Reaction norm; Resources

Indexed keywords

POACEAE; SAPIUM; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM; TRIADICA SEBIFERA;

EID: 57649225695     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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