Selective Pressure along a Latitudinal Gradient Affects Subindividual Variation in Plants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Sobral, Mar ^a   Guitián, José ^b   Guitián, Pablo ^b   Larrinaga, Asier R ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BLACKBIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA; EUROPE; FRUIT SIZE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); LATITUDE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT ANIMAL INTERACTION; PLANT RESPONSE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SELECTIVE PRESSURE; SONG THRUSH; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TURDUS; TURDUS ILIACUS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CRATAEGUS; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEEDS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84884410934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074356     Document Type: Article

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