Occupation of bare habitats, an evolutionary precursor to soil specialization in plants

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 42, 2014, Pages 15132-15137

  Ivalu Cacho N ^a   Strauss, Sharon Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological specialization; Ecological trade off; Edaphic specialist; Exaptation; Streptanthus

Indexed keywords

SOIL;

ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; BRASSICACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRASSICACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; SOIL;

EID: 84908032162     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1409242111     Document Type: Article

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