Extreme environments select for reproductive assurance: Evidence from evening primroses (oenothera)

New Phytologist

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 555-563

  Evans, Margaret E K ^a,e   Hearn, David J ^b   Theiss, Kathryn E ^c   Cranston, Karen ^d   Holsinger, Kent E ^c   Donoghue, Michael J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Baker's law; Climate; Evolution; Life history; Oenothera; Plant breeding system; Reproductive assurance; Self compatibility

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLADISTICS; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; GIS; HERB; HYBRID; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; LIFE HISTORY; NICHE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SELECTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; EVENING PRIMROSE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; INBREEDING; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; INBREEDING; OENOTHERA BIENNIS; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION;

KLEINIA; OENOTHERA; ONAGRACEAE;

EID: 79959814158     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03697.x     Document Type: Article

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