Novel antagonistic interactions associated with plant polyploidization influence trait selection and habitat preference

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 330-337

  Arvanitis, Leena ^a   Wiklund, Christer ^a   Münzbergova, Zuzana ^b,c   Dahlgren, Johan P ^a   Ehrlén, Johan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brassicaceae; Cardamine pratensis; Dasineura cardaminis; Gall midge; Genotype environment interaction; Habitat preference; Herbivory; Host shift; Plant polyploidy

Indexed keywords

BRASSICACEAE; CARDAMINE; CARDAMINE PRATENSIS; CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DASINEURA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77950134010     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01429.x     Document Type: Article

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