Intraspecific seed trait variations and competition: Passive or adaptive response?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 612-620

  Violle, Cyrille ^a   Castro, Helena ^a,b   Richarte, Jean ^a   Navas, Marie Laure ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Competition intensity; Intraspecific variability; Maternal effects; Neighbour identity; Nitrogen limitation; Seed mass; Seed nitrogen concentration; Timing of germination

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; GERMINATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; MONOCULTURE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOIL NITROGEN;

EID: 66149184075     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01539.x     Document Type: Article

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