Variable offspring size as an adaptation to environmental heterogeneity in a clonal plant species: Integrating experimental and modelling approaches

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 184-195

  Charpentier, Anne ^a   Anand, Madhur ^b,c   Bauch, Chris T ^b,d  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bet hedging; Environmental variability; Lognormal distribution; Mathematical model; Plant population and community dynamics; Scirpus maritimus; Size number trade off; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

CLONAL ORGANISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; HETEROGENEITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MACROPHYTE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONOCOTYLEDON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT COMMUNITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADE-OFF; TUBER; WATER DEPTH;

EID: 83455260045     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01899.x     Document Type: Article

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