Natural variation for drought-response traits in the Mimulus guttatus species complex

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-33

  Wu, Carrie A ^a,b   Lowry, David B ^a   Nutter, Laura I ^a   Willis, John H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehydration avoidance; Drought escape; Flowering time; Monkeyflowers; Water deficit

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ABUNDANCE; AUTOGAMY; DEHYDRATION; DICOTYLEDON; ECOMORPHOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEED PRODUCTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES COMPLEX; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MIMULUS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; GEOGRAPHY; MIMULUS; PHENOTYPE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER;

MIMULUS GUTTATUS; MIMULUS NASUTUS; MIMULUS NUDATUS;

EID: 77949775005     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1448-0     Document Type: Article

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