Genotypic selection shapes patterns of within-species diversity in experimental plant populations

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1020-1027

  Stuefer, Josef F ^a,b   Anten, Niels P R ^b   De Kroon, Hans ^a   Peters, Janny L ^a   Smit Tiekstra, Annemiek ^a   Vermeulen, Peter J ^b,c   During, Heinjo J ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Clonal plant; Competition; Dominance; Flowering; Genotypic selection; Potentilla reptans; Trait profiles; Within species diversity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; CLONAL ORGANISM; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FLOWERING; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA REPTANS;

EID: 68849128609     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01546.x     Document Type: Article

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