Effects of competition and life history stage on the expression of local adaptation in two native bunchgrasses

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-23

  Rice, Kevin J ^a   Knapp, Eric E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Competition; Elymus glaucus; Grassland restoration; Local adaptation; Nassella pulchra

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BREEDING; GRASS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY; NATIVE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ELYMUS; ELYMUS GLAUCUS; NASSELLA PULCHRA;

EID: 40849106487     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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