Life-history variation and adaptation in the historically mobile plant Arabidopsis thaliana (Brassicaceae) in North America

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 837-849

  Griffith, Converse ^a,b   Kim, Eunsuk ^a,c   Donohue, Kathleen ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b National Forests and Grasslands of Texas   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Brassicaceae; Colonization; Flowering time; Germination; Local adaptation; Range expansion; Seasonal dormancy

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; FITNESS; FLOWERING; GERMINATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; RANGE EXPANSION;

NORTH AMERICA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICACEAE;

EID: 7244229184     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.91.6.837     Document Type: Article

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