Rapid evolution of seed dispersal in an urban environment in the weed Crepis sancta

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3796-3799

  Cheptou, P O ^a   Carrue, O ^a   Rouifed, S ^a   Cantarel, A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Human altered habitat; Short term evolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CREPIS; CREPIS SANCTA; EVOLUTION; FRANCE; GENETIC MODEL; GERMINATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEED DISPERSAL; URBAN AREA; CITY; GENETIC SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CREPIS SANCTA;

CITIES; CREPIS; EVOLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEEDS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 41649104923     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0708446105     Document Type: Article

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