Seed-related traits and their adaptive role in population differentiation in Avena sterilis along an aridity gradient

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 79-90

  Volis, Sergei ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ecotype; Local adaptation; Plant strategy; Reciprocal transplant; Wild oat

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARIDITY; CLINE; ECOTYPE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERMINATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE; WILD POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

AVENA FATUA; AVENA STERILIS;

EID: 70350340878     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJPS.57.1-2.79     Document Type: Article

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