Relative embryo length as an adaptation to habitat and life cycle in Apiaceae

New Phytologist

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 479-487

  Vandelook, Filip ^a   Janssens, Steven B ^b   Probert, Robin J ^c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apiaceae; Comparative method; Dormancy; Embryo; Evolution; Seed size

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BROWNIAN MOTION; DORMANCY; EMBRYO; GERMINATION; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; LIFE CYCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEED SIZE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ADAPTATION; APIACEAE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; APIACEAE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDS;

APIACEAE;

EID: 84862575001     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04172.x     Document Type: Article

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