Life history variation in Arabidopsis lyrata across its range: Effects of climate, population size and herbivory

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 979-990

  Vergeer, Philippine ^a,b   Kunin, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DICOTYLEDON; DIVERGENCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FLOWER; FLOWERING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HERBIVORY; HOME RANGE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF AREA; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEED PRODUCTION; SELECTION; SOIL NUTRIENT; TRICHOME;

EUROPE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS LYRATA;

EID: 79959472029     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18944.x     Document Type: Article

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