Physiological performance in clarkia sister taxa with contrasting mating systems: Do early-flowering autogamous taxa avoid water stress relative to their pollinator-dependent counterparts?

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 171, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1029-1047

  Mazer, Susan J ^a   Dudley, Leah S ^a   Hove, Alisa A ^a   Emms, Simon K ^b   Verhoeven, Amy S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Clarkia; Comparative physiology; Life history evolution; Mating system; Photosynthesis; Transpiration; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; DICOTYLEDON; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FITNESS; FLOWERING; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SYMPATRY; TRANSPIRATION; WATER STRESS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WILD POPULATION;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CLARKIA; ONAGRACEAE;

EID: 78650119339     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656305     Document Type: Article

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