Exogenous selection shapes germination behaviour and seedling traits of populations at different altitudes in a Senecio hybrid zone

Annals of Botany

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1439-1447

  Ross, Rebecca I C ^a   Ågren, J Arvid ^b   Pannell, John R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

early life history; exogenous selection; germination; hybrid; S. chrysanthemifolius; Senecio aethnensis; temperature

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIOMASS; CLINE; DIVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMINATION; HERB; HYBRID; HYBRID ZONE; HYBRIDIZATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INCOMPATIBILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CROSS BREEDING; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ITALY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEEDLING; SENECIO; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; CHIMERA; CROSSES, GENETIC; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMINATION; PHENOTYPE; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SENECIO; SICILY; TEMPERATURE;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

SENECIO; SENECIO AETHNENSIS; SENECIO CHRYSANTHEMIFOLIUS;

EID: 84869188877     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs211     Document Type: Article

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