Threshold size for flowering in different habitats: Effects of size-dependent growth and survival

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2118-2132

  Wesselingh, Renate A ^a,c   Klinkhamer, Peter G L ^a   De Jong, Tom J ^a   Boorman, Laurence A ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cynoglossum officinale life history; Facultative biennial; Genetic variation; Growth rate; Hound's tongue; Optimization models; Plant size and fitness; Semelparous; Survival; Threshold size for flowering

Indexed keywords

CYNOGLOSSUM OFFICINALE; BORAGINACEAE;

FITNESS; HOUND'S TONGUE; LIFE HISTORY; PLANT SIZE; SURVIVAL; THRESHOLD SIZE;

NETHERLANDS, MEIJENDEL;

EID: 0031284555     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[2118:TSFFID]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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