Differing selection on plant physiological traits in response to environmental water availability: A test of adaptive hypotheses

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 92-102

  Dudley, Susan A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity; Cakile; Leaf size; Multivariate selection analysis; Path analysis; water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CAKILE EDENTULA; CAKILE EDENTULA LACUSTRIS;

FITNESS; LEAF SIZE; WATER-USE EFFICIENCY;

EID: 0029666870     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb04475.x     Document Type: Article

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