Optimal reproductive allocation in annuals and an informational constraint on plasticity

New Phytologist

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 159-172

  Wong, Theodore G ^a   Ackerly, David D ^b,c  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bet hedging; Environmental cues; Evolutionary (genetic) algorithm; Phenotype plasticity; Reproductive allocation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ADAPTATION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

EID: 15944412143     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01375.x     Document Type: Article

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