Phenotypic and transgenerational plasticity promote local adaptation to sun and shade environments

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 229-246

  McIntyre, Patrick J ^a,b   Strauss, Sharon Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Maternal effects; Natural selection; Parental effects; Plasticity; Polyploidy; Shade; Specific leaf area; Transgenerational

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893904340     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-013-9670-y     Document Type: Article

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