Linking life-history traits, ecology, and niche breadth evolution in North American eriogonoids (Polygonaceae)

American Naturalist

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 760-774

  Kostikova, Anna ^a,b,c   Litsios, Glenn ^a,b   Salamin, Nicolas ^a,b   Pearman, Peter B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climatic niche evolution; Elevation; Eriogonoideae; Intraspecific variability; Latitudinal niche breadth hypothesis; Niche breadth; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENERATION TIME; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NICHE BREADTH; PHYLOGENY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYGONACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; POLYGONACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84887517613     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/673527     Document Type: Article

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