Intraspecific phenotypic variability of plant functional traits in contrasting mountain grasslands habitats

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2353-2374

  Wellstein, Camilla ^a   Chelli, Stefano ^b   Campetella, Giandiego ^b   Bartha, Sandor ^c   Galiè, Marco ^d   Spada, Francesco ^e   Canullo, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BOTANY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Intraspecific trait variation; Leaf traits; Phenotypic adaptation; Phenotypic plasticity; Seed mass

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLONAL GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PARTITIONING; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT; SEED; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 84883304330     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0484-6     Document Type: Article

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