Seed germination in desert annuals: An empirical test of adaptive bet hedging

American Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 168-186

  Clauss, M J ^a   Venable, D L ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Bet hedging; Desert annual plant; Life history; Phenotypic plasticity; Seed germination; Variable environments

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANNUAL PLANT; CLIMATE; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GERMINATION;

PLANTAGO INSULARIS;

EID: 0034039686     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303314     Document Type: Article

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