Organisms: Silene acaulis, a long-lived alpine tundra perennial, and .... Silene acaulis is a cushion ... We have studied S. acaulis and M. violaceum at several sites located in ... 1995 season; they had very small leaves and few plants produced flowers. .... Information regarding size and shape of plants is ignored in both.
Evolutionary Ecology Research, 2005, 7: 335–352
Spatial and temporal pattern of a pollinator-transmitted pathogen in a long-lived perennial, Silene acaulis Deborah L. Marr1* and Lynda F. Delph2 1
Department of Biological Sciences, Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, IN 46634 and 2 Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
ABSTRACT Questions: Does the spatial structure or rate of spread of anther-smut disease differ among plots with low versus high density of the host Silene acaulis or low (