Testing the adaptive nature of radiation: Growth form and life history divergence in the African grass genus Ehrharta (Poaceae: Ehrhartoideae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1364-1370

  Verboom, G Anthony ^a   Linder, H Peter ^a,b   Stock, William D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Institute of Systematic Botany   (Switzerland)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Allocation; Annual; Phylogeny; Relative growth rate; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; GRASS; GROWTH FORM; LIFE HISTORY; PHYLOGENY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EHRHARTA; EHRHARTOIDEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 22144450280     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.91.9.1364     Document Type: Article

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