Seed dispersal as a maternally influenced character: Mechanistic basis of maternal effects and selection on maternal characters in an annual plant

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 674-689

  Donohue, Kathleen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Maternal effects; Maternal environmental effects; Phenotypic selection; Plasticity; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MATERNAL EFFECT; SEED DISPERSAL; SELECTION;

EID: 0033402506     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303273     Document Type: Article

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