Geographic pattern of local optimality in natural populations of lodgepole pine

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 194, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 177-198

  Wu, Harry X ^a   Ying, Cheng C ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Gene flow; Local optimality; Lodgepole pine; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; SAMPLING; SEED; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLIMATE ZONES; MOUNTAINS;

FORESTRY;

ADAPTATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; NATURAL SELECTION;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 2942539780     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.02.017     Document Type: Article

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