Inherited variability in multiple traits determines fitness in populations of an annual legume from contrasting latitudinal origins

Annals of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1279-1289

  Milla, Rubén ^a   Escudero, Adrián ^a   Iriondo, Jose María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fitness; Functional traits; Lupinus; Phenology; Reproductive success; Seed size; SLA; Structural Equation Models

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LEGUME; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ARTICLE; GENETICS; LUPIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION;

LUPINUS; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

LUPINUS; LUPINUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS;

EID: 66249130026     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp068     Document Type: Article

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