Global change and the evolution of phenotypic plasticity in plants

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1206, Issue , 2010, Pages 35-55

  Matesanz, Silvia ^a,b   Gianoli, Ernesto ^c,d,e   Valladares, Fernando ^a,f  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

constraints; global change; invasive plants, adaptive; natural selection; novel environment; phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTIFICIAL SELECTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT EVOLUTION; PLANT TAXONOMY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPECIES INVASION; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS;

EID: 77957728147     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05704.x     Document Type: Review

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