Local adaptation and plasticity of Erysimum capitatum to altitude: Its implications for responses to climate change

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 796-805

  Kim, Eunsuk ^a,c   Donohue, Kathleen ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine; Climate change; Erysimum capitatum; Establishment; Germination; Local adaptation; Natural selection; Phenotypic plasticity; Plant development and life history traits

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DICOTYLEDON; FITNESS; GERMINATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL;

ERYSIMUM; ERYSIMUM CAPITATUM;

EID: 84876676075     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12077     Document Type: Article

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