Detecting local adaptation in widespread grassland species - The importance of scale and local plant community

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1130-1142

  Bischoff, Armin ^a,d   Crémieux, Lisèle ^a   Smilauerova, Marie ^b   Lawson, Clare S ^c   Mortimer, Simon R ^c   Dolezal, Jiri ^b   Lanta, Vojtech ^b   Edwards, Andrew R ^c   Brook, Alex J ^c   Macel, Mirka ^a   Leps, Jan ^b   Steinger, Thomas ^a   Müller Schärer, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competition; Ecological restoration; Geographical distance; Holcus lanatus; Home site advantage; Lotus corniculatus; Plantago lanceolata; Population differentiation; Provenance choice; Reciprocal transplant

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DIFFERENTIATION; GRASSLAND; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PLANT COMMUNITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

HOLCUS; HOLCUS LANATUS; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA;

EID: 33749427558     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2006.01174.x     Document Type: Article

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