Evolution of flowering decisions in a stochastic, density-dependent environment

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

Volumn 105, Issue 30, 2008, Pages 10466-10470

  Metcalf, C J E ^a   Rose, K E ^b   Childs, D Z ^b   Sheppard, A W ^c   Grubb, P J ^d   Rees, M ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Carduus nutans; Carlina vulgaris; Coexistence; Relative nonlinearity of competition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

CARDUUS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION (GENETICS); STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

CARDUUS NUTANS; CARLINA VULGARIS;

EID: 48749084444     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0800777105     Document Type: Article

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