Genetic and historical relationships among geothermally adapted Agrostis (bentgrass) of North America and Kamchatka: Evidence for a previously unrecognized, thermally adapted taxon

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1306-1312

  Tercek, Michael T ^a   Hauber, Donald P ^b   Darwin, Steven P ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrostis; Bentgrass; California; Geothermal; Gramineae; Heat tolerance; Kamchatka; Lassen Volcanic National Park; Poaceae; Russia; Thermal; Wyoming; Yellowstone Naitonal Park

Indexed keywords

ECOTYPE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CALIFORNIA; LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS SCABRA; EMBRYOPHYTA; OTUS; POACEAE;

EID: 0348196952     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.90.9.1306     Document Type: Article

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