Genotypic and environmental variation in specific leaf area in a widespread Alpine plant after transplantation to different altitudes

Oecologia

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 141-150

  Scheepens, J F ^a   Frei, Eva S ^a   Stöcklin, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Altitude of origin; Campanula thyrsoides; Genetic effect; Local adaptation; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; HERB; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF AREA; LOCAL ADAPTATION; LONGEVITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TOLERANCE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CAMPANULACEAE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; CAMPANULACEAE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES;

ALPS; EUROPE;

CAMPANULA THYRSOIDES;

EID: 77955770264     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1650-0     Document Type: Article

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