Competition/colonization syndrome mediated by early germination in non-dispersing achenes in the heteromorphic species Crepis sancta

Annals of Botany

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1245-1251

  Dubois, Jonathan ^a   Cheptou, Pierre Olivier ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Competition colonization trade off; Crepis sancta; dispersal; germination timing; seed heteromorphism

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DICOTYLEDON; DISPERSION; FITNESS; GERMINATION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PHENOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CREPIS; EVOLUTION; FRANCE; GENETICS; GERMINATION; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEED DISPERSAL; TIME;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMASS; CREPIS; FRANCE; GERMINATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS;

ASTERACEAE; CREPIS SANCTA;

EID: 84868018646     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs203     Document Type: Article

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