Habitat quality and among-population differentiation in reproductive effort and flowering phenology in the perennial herb Primula farinosa

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 715-729

  Toräng, Per ^a   Ehrlén, Johan ^b   Ågren, Jon ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Genetic variation; Life history traits; Local adaptation; Reproductive allocation; Soil disturbance; Tactics

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOWERING; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HERB; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORTALITY; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEX ALLOCATION; SOIL DEPTH; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER;

PRIMULA FARINOSA; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 77951025545     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-009-9327-z     Document Type: Article

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