Life-history costs make perfect sprouting maladaptive in two herbaceous perennials

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1318-1328

  Shefferson, Richard P ^a,b   Warren, Robert J ^c   Pulliam, Ronald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemone; Cypripedium; ESS; Evolutionary stable strategy; Game theory; Hepatica; Plant development and life history traits; Prolonged dormancy; Sprouting frequency; Vegetative dormancy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DORMANCY; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GAME THEORY; HERB; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PERENNIAL PLANT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL;

ANEMONE; ANEMONE AMERICANA; CYPRIPEDIUM; CYPRIPEDIUM PARVIFLORUM; FUNGI; HEPATICA;

EID: 84906056588     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12281     Document Type: Article

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