Nonlocal transplantation and outbreeding depression in the subshrub Lotus scoparius (Fabaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 258-269

  Montalvo, Arlee M ^a,b   Ellstrand, Norman C ^b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal sage scrub; Common garden; Cumulative fitness; Ecological genetics; Environmental distance; Genetic distance; Geographic distance; Local adaptation; Restoration; Seed source

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000829104     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657017     Document Type: Article

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