Phenotypic selection and regulation of reproduction in different environments in wild barley

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1121-1131

  Volis, S ^a   Verhoeven, K J F ^b   Mendlinger, S ^a   Ward, D ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Natural selection; Path analysis; Phenotypic integration; Seed abortion; Seed size number trade off; Trait correlations

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BARLEY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; PATH ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BARLEY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; ISRAEL; NUTRITION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; REPRODUCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWERS; HORDEUM; ISRAEL; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; SELECTION (GENETICS); WATER;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. SPONTANEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 4444274940     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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