Genetically based differentiation in growth of multiple non-native plant species along a steep environmental gradient

Oecologia

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-99

  Haider, Sylvia ^a   Kueffer, Christoph ^b   Edwards, Peter J ^b   Alexander, Jake M ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alien; Elevational gradient; Phenotypic plasticity; Plant invasions; Rapid evolution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOTYPE; HERB; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; GENETICS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT SEED; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; CLIMATE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANTS; SEEDS; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84865588499     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2291-2     Document Type: Article

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