Interactive effects of spectral shading and mechanical stress on the expression and costs of shade avoidance

American Naturalist

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 241-255

  Anten, Niels P R ^a   Von Wettberg, Eric J ^b   Pawlowski, Marcin ^a   Huber, Heidrun ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive plasticity; Biomechanics; Evolution; Phenotypic integration; Shade avoidance; Thigmomorphogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOMECHANICS; GENOTYPE; GRASSLAND; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DARKNESS; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IMPATIENS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; UNITED STATES; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; DARKNESS; ECOSYSTEM; GENOTYPE; IMPATIENS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; PLANT STEMS; RHODE ISLAND; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS CAPENSIS;

EID: 61849108700     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/595761     Document Type: Article

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