Evolutionary bet-hedging in the real world: empirical evidence and challenges revealed by plants

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• Publication year

  2010

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  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  2010-10-22

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1098/rspb.2010.0707PMID 20573624PMCID PMC2982066
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