Plastic germination, temporal niche partitioning, and emergent assortative mating in annual plants
Max Schmid, Katja Tielbörger, Amael Daval, Charles Mullon
The paper uses mathematical modeling and simulations to show that adaptive plasticity in germination timing promotes genetic divergence and ecological speciation in annual plants under temporal environmental fluctuations.
Ecology Letters · Feb 1, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology