The role of adaptive trans-generational plasticity in biological invasions of plants

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-192

  Dyer, Andrew R ^a   Brown, Cynthia S ^b   Espeland, Erin K ^c   McKay, John K ^b   Meimberg, Harald ^d   Rice, Kevin J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AIKEN   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual plants; Competitive ability; Environmental stress; Inclusive fitness; Maternal environmental effects; Phenotypic plasticity; Propagule dispersal; Resource patch; Seed size; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954306700     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2010.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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