Life history evolution under climate change and its influence on the population dynamics of a long-lived plant

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 798-808

  Williams, Jennifer L ^a   Jacquemyn, Hans ^b   Ochocki, Brad M ^c   Brys, Rein ^b   Miller, Tom E X ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Evolutionarily stable strategy; Flowering size; Integral projection model; Orchid; Perennial plant; Plant climate interactions; Reproductive delay; Stochastic population growth

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; FLOWERING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PERENNIAL PLANT; PERSISTENCE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ORCHIS PURPUREA;

EID: 84931369500     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12369     Document Type: Article

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