Functional traits of grasses growing in open and shaded habitats

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 393-407

  Cayssials, Valerie ^a   Rodríguez, Claudia ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Adaptive divergence; Forest grasses; Functional traits; Grassland; Open and shaded habitats; Phylogenetically independent contrasts (PICs)

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HABITAT TYPE; INTERCEPTION; LIGHT EFFECT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENETICS; REGENERATION; SELECTION;

CARYOPSIS; POACEAE;

EID: 84873719633     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-012-9601-3     Document Type: Article

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