Ecological correlates of fitness across the northern geographic range limit of a Pacific coast dune plant

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3051-3061

  Samis, Karen E ^a,c   Eckert, Christopher G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia; Coastal dunes; Demography; Fitness; Geographic ranges; Pacific coast; Plant community structure; Range limits; Seedling recruitment; Transplant experiment

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DICOTYLEDON; DISPERSAL; DUNE; FITNESS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; NICHE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE SIZE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETICS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLANT; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC FITNESS; OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLANTS; TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ONAGRACEAE;

EID: 72449128135     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1914.1     Document Type: Article

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