A modular concept of plant foraging behaviour: The interplay between local responses and systemic control

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 704-712

  De Kroon, Hans ^a   Visser, Eric J W ^a   Huber, Heidrun ^a   Mommer, Liesje ^a,b   Hutchings, Michael J ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental heterogeneity; Module; Plasticity; Resource acquisition; Roots; Shade avoidance response; Signal transduction pathway; Signals

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; ROOT SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT ROOTS;

EID: 66149121110     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.01936.x     Document Type: Article

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