Life history variation of common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) II. Plant size, biomass partitioning and morphology

Author:

Reinartz, James A.

Title:

Life history variation of common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) II. Plant size, biomass partitioning and morphology

Periodical:

Journal of Ecology

Year:

1984

Volume:

72

Pages:

913-925

Subject:

Mullein Varbascum thapsus Life history

Summary:

Within genetically similar populations, large plants develop faster, flower earlier, and produced more seed. Plant size also has a large impact on plant fitness. However, even though life histories and population dynamics are closely related to plant size and biomass partitioning very few species have been described with respect to all of these traits. Therefore, studying the behavior over an entire range of habitats that an organism occupies is one way to describe its potential for life history of evolution. Over a geographic range of Verbascum thapsus L (common muillen), this paper describes ecotypic differentiation and phenotypic plasticity in plant size and biomass partitioning of this species though which life histories and population dynamics are described.

Label:

Botany

URL:

http://cletus.uhh.hawaii.edu:2075/stable/2259540

Collection:

Periodicals