Evolution of size-dependent flowering in Onopordum illyricum: A quantitative assessment of the role of stochastic selection pressures

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 628-651

  Rees, Mark ^a   Sheppard, Andy ^b   Briese, David ^b   Mangel, Marc ^c,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b The CRC for Australian Weed Management   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delayed reproduction; Dynamic state variable model; Genetic algorithm; Individual based model; Monocarpic perennial; Von Bertalanffy equation

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EVOLUTION; FLOWERING; MODELING;

ONOPORDUM ILLYRICUM;

EID: 0033384436     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303268     Document Type: Article

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