Landscape patterns of phenotypic variation and population structuring in a selfing grass, Elymus glaucus (blue wildrye)

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1776-1789

  Erickson, Vicky J ^a   Mandel, Nancy L ^b   Sorensen, Frank C ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Elymus glaucus; Local adaptation; Morphological variation; Polyploid; Seed transfer; Seed zones

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEED;

CLIMATIC TRENDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATIONS; SPATIAL STRATIFICATIONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CONSERVATION GENETICS; LOCAL ADAPTATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED;

BIODIVERSITY; PHENOTYPES; PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDS;

BLUE MOUNTAINS [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ELYMUS GLAUCUS;

EID: 14844287039     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B04-141     Document Type: Article

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