How functional traits, herbivory, and genetic diversity interact in Echinacea: Implications for fragmented populations

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1877-1886

  Kittelson, Pamela M ^a   Wagenius, Stuart ^b   Nielsen, Reina ^a   Qazi, Sanjive ^a   Howe, Michael ^a   Kiefer, Gretel ^c   Shaw, Ruth G ^d   Kraft, N J B ^e  

^a GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^c Echinacea Project   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Echinacea; Fitness; Functional traits; Habitat fragmentation; Herbivory; Inbred; Outbred; Photosynthetic rate (Amax); Remnant populations; Specific leaf area (SLA); Water use efficiency (WUE)

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOTYPE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERB; HERBIVORY; INBREEDING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NITROGEN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRAIRIE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

ANIMAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHINACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHINACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETIC VARIATION; HERBIVORY;

EID: 84931360597     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-1687.1     Document Type: Article

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