Senescence in duckweed: Age-related declines in survival, reproduction and offspring quality

Functional Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 540-548

  Barks, Patrick M ^a   Laird, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lemna minor; Ageing; Lansing effect; Life history; Parental age effects

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGING POPULATION; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTION; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL; WEED;

LEMNA; LEMNA MINOR; LEMNOIDEAE;

EID: 84927709719     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12359     Document Type: Article

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