Maternal effects alter progeny's response to disturbance and nutrients in two Plantago species

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1700-1710

  Latzel, Vít ^a   Klimešová, Jitka ^a   Hájek, Tomáš ^a   Gómez, Sara ^b   Šmilauer, Petr ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOMASS; DICOTYLEDON; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH RATE; MATERNAL EFFECT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ONTOGENY; REGENERATION;

PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA;

EID: 77958484667     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18737.x     Document Type: Article

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