Edaphic adaptation maintains the coexistence of two cryptic species on serpentine soils

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 890-897

  Yost, Jenn M ^a   Barry, Teri ^b   Kay, Kathleen M ^a   Rajakaruna, Nishanta ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Policy and Design   (United States)

Author keywords

Aster models; Asteraceae; Edaphic adaptation; Habitat isolation; Lasthenia; Local adaptation; Plant distributions; Plant soil relations; Reproductive isolation; Serpentine

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; CRYPSIS; FITNESS; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORTALITY; PARAPATRY; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SERPENTINE; TRADE-OFF; TRANSITION ZONE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SOIL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ASTERACEAE; CALIFORNIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEED DISPERSAL; SOIL; TIME FACTORS;

ASTERACEAE; LASTHENIA; LASTHENIA CALIFORNICA; LASTHENIA GRACILIS;

EID: 84860555118     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100521     Document Type: Article

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