Novel phenotypes among early generation hybrids of two Louisiana iris species: Flooding experiments

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 967-976

  Johnston, Jill A ^a,c   Donovan, Lisa A ^a   Arnold, Michael L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal fitness; Flood tolerance; Hybrid fitness; Hybrid novelty; Hybrid zone; Hybridization; Louisiana iris; Phenotypic plasticity; Transgressive traits; Wetland

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FLOODING; HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TOLERANCE;

IRIS BREVICAULIS; IRIS FULVA;

EID: 11244353305     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2004.00939.x     Document Type: Article

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