Plant evolution in the urban jungle

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1951-1953

  Johnson, Marc T J ^a   Thompson, Ken A ^a   Saini, Hargurdeep S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Natural selection; Urban ecology; Urban evolution; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PLANT; URBANIZATION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; PLANTS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84949988657     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1500386     Document Type: Note

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