Evolutionary tradeoffs for nitrogen allocation to photosynthesis versus cell walls in an invasive plant

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1853-1856

  Feng, Yu Long ^a   Lei, Yan Bao ^a   Wang, Rui Fang ^a   Callaway, Ragan M ^b   Valiente Banuet, Alfonso ^c   Inderjit, ^d   Li, Yang Ping ^a   Zheng, Yu Long ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Defense; Invasiveness

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

AGERATINA; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT EVOLUTION; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGERATINA; CELL WALL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS;

AGERATINA ADENOPHORA;

EID: 60549086567     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0808434106     Document Type: Article

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