Germination, postgermination adaptation, and species ecological ranges

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 41, Issue , 2010, Pages 293-319

  Donohue, Kathleen ^a   Rubio De Casas, Rafael ^a   Burghardt, Liana ^a   Kovach, Katherine ^a   Willis, Charles G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

correlational selection; dormancy; ecological breadth; germination niche; local adaptation; ontogenetic niche shift; range; trait coadaptation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; COEVOLUTION; DORMANCY; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GERMINATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; NICHE; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RANGE EXPANSION;

EID: 78149404860     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102209-144715     Document Type: Article

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