Artificial selection on flowering time: Influence on reproductive phenology across natural light environments

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 852-861

  Galloway, Laura F ^a   Burgess, Kevin S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b University System of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Autopolyploid; Correlated response; Ecological genetics and ecogenomics; Flowering time; Fruit maturation time; Life history evolution; Maternal effects; Phenotypic plasticity; Shade

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLOWERING; FRUIT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERB; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MATURATION; PHENOLOGY; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SELECTION; UNDERSTORY;

EID: 84861185334     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01967.x     Document Type: Article

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