Plants integrate information about nutrients and neighbors

Science

Volumn 328, Issue 5986, 2010, Pages 1657-

  Cahill Jr , James F ^a   McNickle, Gordon G ^a   Haag, Joshua J ^a   Lamb, Eric G ^b   Nyanumba, Samson M ^a   Clair, Colleen Cassady St ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; PATCHINESS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL PROFILE; TERRITORIALITY;

INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOIL ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOMASS; LINEAR MODELS; MALVACEAE; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL;

EID: 77954063060     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1189736     Document Type: Short Survey

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