Elizabeth Lacey is at the Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC 27412, USA.
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Understanding the roles of age and size in the timing of first reproduction or flowering in plants has become a goal for those investigating the evolution of life cycle patterns in general. Here I review the studies that are helping to clarify these roles, and indicate some directions for future research.
了解年龄和大小在植物首次繁殖或开花时间中的作用，已成为一般研究生活史模式进化的目标。本文综述了有助于阐明这些作用的研究，并指出了未来研究的一些方向。
