These ensembles of morphogenetic (morphological and phenological) and primary metabolic traits were useful in identifying groups of genotypes having similar characteristics, and possibly adaptation strategies.
We also described the morphological and phenological characteristics of this species, and determined its phylogeny among the related species based on nuclear-encoded SSU rRNA and plastid encoded rbcL, psaA, and psbA gene sequences.
Ruiz (2001) supported his revision of the section Orcheosanthus with a phylogenetic analysis, using 20 morphological and phenological characteristics.
Data from allozyme analysis, combined with morphological and phenological observation, provide clear evidence that the Jurupa population of Q. palmeri is a single clone.
Finally, we calculated a correlation between the previously calculated annual rainfall and the average morphological and phenological traits at each sampling site for the 1976 and 2003 samples, respectively.
Morphological and phenological traits were measured in the spring and summer of 2009 and 2010.
It is likely that the differential susceptibility to the fruit fly may involve a number of morphological, physiological and phenological parameters, which include mechanical obstruction, fruit composition and the amount of chemicals involved in plant direct and indirect defence [ 8, 11, 12].
The few studies that have been conducted in oak acorns have focused on morphological, physiological and phenological aspects [ 24, 29, 37] and a few reports exist on aspects of the male and female flower development [ 33, 38– 40] and flower/fruit anatomy [ 41].
There was a higher correlation within and between morphological growth forms, leaf and phenological traits, than within regenerative traits (only seed size was correlated with main dispersal type).
Using above- and belowground morphological traits, phenological traits and N2 fixation ability, plant species were aggregated into four plant functional groups: grasses (16 species), small herbs (12 species), tall herbs (20 species), and legumes (12 species) [18].
Using two mitochondrial and two nuclear sequence markers and additional morphological, phenological, bioacoustic and biogeographic data, we characterize green toads from Sicily as a separate evolutionary lineage that is a sister taxon to African green toads, but substantially different from other western Mediterranean green toad forms.
