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Differentiating the effects of origin and frequency in reciprocal transplant experiments used to test negative frequency-dependent selection hypotheses

Authors: Roy, B. A.
Year: 1998
Journal: Oecologia, Vol. 115, pp. 73-83
Publisher: UNKNOWN
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050493
Keywords: BOTANY, PLANT ECOLOGY, RMBL, SELECTION

Abstract

Contrary to expectations, clones at their site of origin had less disease, less herbivory, and higher fitness than foreign clones, suggesting that the number of sites and clones needed to thoroughly test the hypothesis of negative frequency-dependent selection in this system is very large.

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