Independent evolution of leaf and root traits within and among temperate grassland plant communities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Kembel, Steven W ^a,b   Cahill Jr , James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; TEMPERATE GRASSLAND; ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POACEAE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; POACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79958098106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019992     Document Type: Article

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