Evolutionary ecology of plant adaptation to serpentine soils

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 36, Issue , 2005, Pages 243-266

  Brady, Kristy U ^a   Kruckeberg, Arthur R ^a   Bradshaw Jr , H D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca:Mg; Ecological genetics; Edaphic; Endemism; Mineral nutrition; Physiological ecology; Serpentine tolerance; Ultramafic

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; SERPENTINE; SOIL PROPERTY; TOLERANCE;

EID: 30344486001     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.35.021103.105730     Document Type: Review

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