The adaptive value of functional and life-history traits across fertility treatments in an annual plant

Annals of Botany

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 979-988

  Bonser, Stephen P ^a   Ladd, Brenton ^a,b   Monro, Keyne ^a,c   Hall, Matthew D ^a,d   Forster, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptive plasticity; age at reproduction; Arabidopsis thaliana; functional traits; rosette growth form; size at reproduction; SLA; soil pH

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; ANNUAL PLANT; DICOTYLEDON; FERTILITY; FITNESS; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GENOTYPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SIZE AT MATURITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ECOSYSTEM; GENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; REPRODUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 78649622577     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq195     Document Type: Article

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