Natural selection favors rapid reproductive phenology in Potentilla pulcherrima (Rosaceae) at opposite ends of a subalpine snowmelt gradient

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 531-539

  Stinson, Kristina A ^a,b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Phenology; Plasticity; Potentilla pulcherrima; Reproduction; Selection; Snowmelt; Subalpine plant

Indexed keywords

NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SNOWMELT;

POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA PULCHERRIMA; ROSACEAE;

EID: 4544363388     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.91.4.531     Document Type: Article

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