The importance of plant genotype and contemporary evolution for terrestrial ecosystem processes

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2632-2642

  Fitzpatrick, Connor R ^a   Agrawal, Anurag A ^b   Basiliko, Nathan ^c   Hastings, Amy P ^b   Isaac, Marney E ^a   Preston, Michael ^a   Johnson, Marc T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboveground belowground interactions; Eco evo dynamics; Ecosystem genetics; Evening primrose; Extended phenotype; Litter decay; Soil ecosystem

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENERATION TIME; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HERBIVORY; HERITABILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LITTER; PHENOTYPE; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SPATIAL VARIATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

HEXAPODA; OENOTHERA; OENOTHERA BIENNIS;

NITROGEN; SOIL;

CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OENOTHERA BIENNIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEEDLING; SOIL;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; GENOTYPE; NITROGEN; OENOTHERA BIENNIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEEDLINGS; SOIL;

EID: 84944128341     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-2333.1     Document Type: Article

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