Relationships between flowering time and rainfall gradients across Mediterranean-desert transects

Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 91-109

  Kigel, Jaime ^a   Konsens, Irit ^a   Rosen, Naomi ^a   Rotem, Gur ^a   Kon, Ari ^a   Fragman Sapir, Ori ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Jerusalem Botanical Gardens   (Israel)

Author keywords

annuals; climate change; drought; ecotypes; flowering; geophytes; perennial grasses

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOTYPE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLOWERING; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GEOPHYTE; GRASS; PERENNIAL PLANT; RAINFALL; SEED PRODUCTION; TRANSECT;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

POACEAE;

EID: 84856547024     PISSN: 15659801     EISSN: 22244662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJEE.57.1-2.91     Document Type: Article

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