Stress avoidance in a common annual: Reproductive timing is important for local adaptation and geographic distribution

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1601-1612

  Griffith, T M ^a,b   Watson, M A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flowering time; Geographic range; Latitude; Life history trade offs; Local adaptation; Marginal populations; Phenology; Reciprocal transplant; Species' border; Xanthium strumarium

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; RANGE EXPANSION; REPRODUCTION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; GEOGRAPHY; GERMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TIME; UNITED STATES; XANTHIUM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; GERMINATION; GREAT LAKES REGION; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); TIME FACTORS; XANTHIUM;

XANTHIUM; XANTHIUM STRUMARIUM;

EID: 28444472375     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.01021.x     Document Type: Article

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