Is the Prunella (Lamiaceae) hybrid zone structured by an environmental gradient? Evidence from a reciprocal transplant experiment

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 995-1003

  Fritsche, Franz ^a,b   Kaltz, Oliver ^c,d  

^a Inst Umweltwissenschaften Univ Z   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Hybrid superiority; Lamiaceae; Local adaptation; Phalanx vs. guerrilla growth; Prunella; Species barriers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTABILITY; BIOMASS; CROSSING; FLOWERING; GRASSLAND; HYBRID; HYBRID ZONE; MODEL; SURVIVAL;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HYBRID ZONE;

PRUNELLA; PRUNELLA GRANDIFLORA; PRUNELLA VULGARIS;

EID: 0033926890     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2656999     Document Type: Article

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