Identification of trade-offs underlying the primary strategies of plants

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-60

  Smith, Matthew J ^a   Sibly, Richard M ^b,c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for Integrated Population Ecology

Author keywords

Evolution; Life history; Strategy; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749189429     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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