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Extreme events as shaping physiology, ecology, and evolution of plants: toward a unified definition and evaluation of their consequences

  1. Vincent P. Gutschick1,*,
  2. Hormoz BassiriRad2

Article first published online: 12 AUG 2003

DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00866.x

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Volume 160, Issue 1, pages 21–42, October 2003

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Gutschick, V. P. and BassiriRad, H. (2003), Extreme events as shaping physiology, ecology, and evolution of plants: toward a unified definition and evaluation of their consequences. New Phytologist, 160: 21–42. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00866.x

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    New Mexico State University, Biology Department, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA;

  2. 2

    University of Illinois, Chicago, Department of Biological Sciences, IL 60607, USA

*Author for correspondence: Vincent P. Gutschick Tel: +1 505 646 5661 Fax: +1 505 646 5665 Email: vince@nmsu.edu

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  1. Issue published online: 12 AUG 2003
  2. Article first published online: 12 AUG 2003
  3. Received: 9 April 2003 Accepted: 20 June 2003; doi: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00866.x

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We thank Mark Robertson, Dan Howard, John Lussenhoop, Roy Plotnick, and Lou Ellen Kay for helpful comments on the manuscript. David Ackerly and an anonymous referee offered immeasurably helpful critical reviews that led to complete reorganization of the presentation for improved clarity and to more correct presentation of evolutionary concepts. Author Gutschick gratefully acknowledges support from the Long-Term Ecological Research Program of the National Science Foundation, USA, award DEB-00R0412. Author BassiriRad gratefully acknowledges the National Science Foundation, USA, award IBN-0213066.

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