Selection on flowering time in Mediterranean high-mountain plants under global warming

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 777-794

  Giménez Benavides, Luis ^a   García Camacho, Raúl ^b   Iriondo, José María ^a   Escudero, Adrián ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpine plants; Altitudinal gradients; Flowering phenology; Phenotypic selection

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84862532835     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9440-z     Document Type: Article

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