Evolution of complex flowering strategies: An age- and size-structured integral projection model

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1526, 2003, Pages 1829-1838

  Childs, Dylan Z ^a   Rees, Mark ^a   Rose, Karen E ^a   Grubb, Peter J ^b   Ellner, Stephen P ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive landscape; Delayed reproduction; Structured model

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FLOWERING; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SIZE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CARLINA VULGARIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FERTILITY; FLOWERING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LANDSCAPE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; PLANT AGE; PLANT EVOLUTION; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

CARLINA; CARLINA VULGARIS;

EID: 0041331753     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2399     Document Type: Article

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