Evolution of sexual systems, dispersal strategies and habitat selection in the liverwort genus Radula

New Phytologist

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 225-236

  Devos, Nicolas ^a,d   Renner, Matt A M ^b   Gradstein, Robbert ^c   Shaw, A Jonathan ^d   Laenen, Benjamin ^a   Vanderpoorten, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS AND DOMAIN TRUST   (Australia)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Comparative methods; Epiphytism; Life history theory; Liverwort; Radula; Sexual system; Trade off

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA;

ANATOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIASPORA; DIOECY; DISPERSAL; EPIPHYTE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GAMETOPHYTE; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIVERWORT; METAPOPULATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; MONOECY; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; LIVERWORT; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEED DISPERSAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; ECOSYSTEM; HEPATOPHYTA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEED DISPERSAL;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; RADULA (LIVERWORT);

EID: 80052374667     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03783.x     Document Type: Article

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