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desert annual plant; bet hedging; phenotypic plasticity; seed
germination; variable environments; life history
Variable environments; delayed germination; varying
environments; plantago-lanceolata; dormancy; dispersal;
populations; evolution; patterns; dynamics
Abstract:
Temporal variability in survivorship and reproduction is predicted to affect the evolution of life-history characters. Desert annual plants experience temporal variation in reproductive success that is largely caused by precipitation variability We stud