Timing of flowering: Opposed selection on different fitness components and trait covariation

American Naturalist

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 819-830

  Ehrlén, Johan ^a   Münzbergová, Zuzana ^b,c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Flowering phenology; Herbivory; Matrix models; Phenotypic selection; Pollination; Timing of reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; FITNESS; FLOWERING; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MUTUALISM; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLINATION; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION RISK; SEED PREDATION;

LATHYRUS; LATHYRUS VERNUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; GENETIC SELECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LATHYRUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; LATHYRUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 67650233942     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598492     Document Type: Article

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