Phenotypic plasticity influences the size, shape and dynamics of the geographic distribution of an invasive plant

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Pichancourt, Jean Baptiste ^a   van Klinken, Rieks D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FABACEAE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; LIFE CYCLE; MOISTURE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSONIA ACULEATA; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT SEED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEED SHAPE; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TROPIC CLIMATE; ADAPTATION; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; GEOGRAPHY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT GENE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREE;

FABACEAE; PARKINSONIA ACULEATA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FABACEAE; GENES, PLANT; GEOGRAPHY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 84857618982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032323     Document Type: Article

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