Germination timing influences natural selection on life-history characters in Arabidopsis thaliana

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1006-1016

  Donohue, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Dormancy; Germination; Habitat selection; Life history characters; Maternal characters; Phenology; Phenotypic plasticity; Seasonal dormancy; Variable selection

Indexed keywords

DORMANCY; GERMINATION; HABITAT SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0038561172     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1006:GTINSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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