Longitudinal analysis of Plantago: Age-by-environment interactions reveal aging

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1427-1433

  Roach, Deborah A ^a   Ridley, Caroline E ^a,b   Dudycha, Jeffry L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age by environment interaction; Aging; Cohorts; Mortality; Natural population; Plantago lanceolata; Senescence

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; AGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MORTALITY; SENESCENCE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTAGO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME;

ENVIRONMENT; PLANTAGO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA;

EID: 67449128449     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0981.1     Document Type: Article

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