Ongoing adaptation to Mediterranean climate extremes in a chemically polymorphic plant

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 421-439

  Thompson, John D ^a   Gauthier, Perrine ^a   Amiot, Justin ^a   Ehlers, Bodil K ^a,b   Collin, Christian ^a   Fossat, Julia ^a   Barrios, Violeta ^a   Arnaud Miramont, François ^c   Keefover Ring, K E N ^d   Linhart, Yan B ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Chambre d'Agriculture de la Drôme ^*  (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Chemical polymorphism; Drought; Freezing tolerance; Mediterranean climate

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREEZING; GROWTH RATE; HERB; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 40349108568     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1973.1     Document Type: Article

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