Gene flow and local adaptation in trees

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 38, Issue , 2007, Pages 595-619

  Savolainen, Outi ^a   Pyhäjärvi, Tanja ^a   Knürr, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cline; Migration; Natural selection; Polygenic variation; Provenance trial

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISPERSAL; FITNESS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MIGRATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PLANTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; TREE;

EID: 37749049147     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.38.091206.095646     Document Type: Review

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