Genetic variation and control of chloroplast pigment concentrations in Picea rubens, Picea mariana and their hybrids. I. Ambient and elevated [CO 2] environments

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 353-364

  Major, John E ^a   Barsi, Debby C ^a   Mosseler, Alex ^a   Campbell, Moira ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive traits; Black spruce; Carotenoids; Chlorophyll; Climate change; Fitness; Hybridization; Nitrogen concentration; Paternal inheritance; Red spruce

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLAST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; HYBRIDIZATION; NITROGEN; PATERNAL EFFECT;

PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 34047135507     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.3.353     Document Type: Article

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