Plant resource-use strategies: The importance of phenotypic plasticity in response to a productivity gradient for two subalpine species

Annals of Botany

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 637-645

  Grassein, Fabrice ^a   Till Bottraud, Irne ^a   Lavorel, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Dactylis glomerata; Festuca paniculata; genetic variability; Plant functional traits; subalpine grasslands

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GRASSLAND; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE USE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DACTYLIS; FESCUE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DACTYLIS; FESTUCA; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE;

DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; FESTUCA PANICULATA;

EID: 77957581396     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq154     Document Type: Article

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