An experimental test of local adaptation in soil bacteria

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-36

  Belotte, Dorothée ^a,b   Curien, Jean Baptiste ^a,b   Maclean, R Craig ^a   Bell, Graham ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bacillus; Bacterial ecology; Fitness; Selection; Soil; Spatial ecology; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; LOCAL ADAPTATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037283733     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00213.x     Document Type: Article

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