Phenotypic plasticity in age and size at maturity and its effects on the integrated phenotypic expressions of life history traits of Cardamine flexuosa (Cruciferae)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 541-570

  Kudoh, H ^a,c   Ishiguri, Y ^b   Kawano, S ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at maturity; Cardamine flexuosa; character integration; phenotypic plasticity; size at maturity

Indexed keywords

BRASSICACEAE; CARDAMINE FLEXUOSA;

AGE AT MATURITY; LIFE HISTORY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; SIZE AT MATURITY;

EID: 0029661033     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1996.9050541.x     Document Type: Article

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