Setting the stage: Phenotypic plasticity as habitat selection

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 164, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2003, Pages

  Donohue, Kathleen ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlated selection; Evolving environments; Germination; Indirect genetic effects; Review; Seed dispersal; Shade avoidance; Specialization

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; HABITAT SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 0038267450     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/368397     Document Type: Review

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