A change in climate causes rapid evolution of multiple life-history traits and their interactions in an annual plant

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1321-1334

  Franks, S J ^a   Weis, A E ^b,c  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Koffler Scientific Reserve at Joker's Hill   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brassica rapa; Common principal components analysis; Developmental constraints; Drought; Global change; Heterochrony; Multivariate evolution; Natural selection; Phenology; Resurrection paradigm

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; ANNUAL PLANT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT; FLOWERING; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWING SEASON; HETEROCHRONY (ONTOGENY); LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE;

ARTICLE; DROUGHT; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; TIME; TURNIP; UNITED STATES;

BRASSICA RAPA; CALIFORNIA; DROUGHTS; EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; TIME FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA;

EID: 49549085013     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01566.x     Document Type: Article

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