The advantage of early flowering in the spring ephemeral annual plant Floerkea proserpinacoides

New Phytologist

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 689-694

  Houle, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conflicts of allocation; Deciduous forests; Floerkea proserpinacoides; Life history; Relative growth rate (RGR); Reproductive schedule; Spring ephemeral annual plants; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

NORTH AMERICA;

FLOERKEA PROSERPINACOIDES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0036100426     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2002.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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