Seeds as space-time travelers: How does evolution balance the joint benefits and trade-offs of dormancy and dispersal?
Backlund SM, Stankowski S, Soler Schaller RM. 2026. Seeds as space-time travelers: How does evolution balance the joint benefits and trade-offs of dormancy and dispersal? American Journal of Botany. 113(3), e70175.
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2026-03-11
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We thank the Barton group at the Institute of Scienceand Technology Austria for many fruitful conversationsthat triggered the germination of the ideas and questions discussed here. N. H. Barton, P. Surendranadh, A. Pal,Z. Mérai, and two anonymous reviewers provided useful comments on the manuscript.
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Backlund SM, Stankowski S, Soler Schaller RM. Seeds as space-time travelers: How does evolution balance the joint benefits and trade-offs of dormancy and dispersal? American Journal of Botany. 2026;113(3). doi:10.1002/ajb2.70175
Backlund, S. M., Stankowski, S., & Soler Schaller, R. M. (2026). Seeds as space-time travelers: How does evolution balance the joint benefits and trade-offs of dormancy and dispersal? American Journal of Botany. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.70175
Backlund, Sofia Maria, Sean Stankowski, and Rosina Matilde Soler Schaller. “Seeds as Space-Time Travelers: How Does Evolution Balance the Joint Benefits and Trade-Offs of Dormancy and Dispersal?” American Journal of Botany. Wiley, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.70175.
S. M. Backlund, S. Stankowski, and R. M. Soler Schaller, “Seeds as space-time travelers: How does evolution balance the joint benefits and trade-offs of dormancy and dispersal?,” American Journal of Botany, vol. 113, no. 3. Wiley, 2026.
Backlund SM, Stankowski S, Soler Schaller RM. 2026. Seeds as space-time travelers: How does evolution balance the joint benefits and trade-offs of dormancy and dispersal? American Journal of Botany. 113(3), e70175.
Backlund, Sofia Maria, et al. “Seeds as Space-Time Travelers: How Does Evolution Balance the Joint Benefits and Trade-Offs of Dormancy and Dispersal?” American Journal of Botany, vol. 113, no. 3, e70175, Wiley, 2026, doi:10.1002/ajb2.70175.
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