Mountain birch under multiple stressors - Heavy metal-resistant populations co-resistant to biotic stress but maladapted to abiotic stress

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 840-851

  ErAnen J K ^a   Nilsen, J ^b   Zverev, V E ^a   Kozlov, M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Betula pubescens; Co tolerance; Common garden; Evolutionary adaptation; Heavy metal resistance; Herbivory; Rapid evolution; Shelter; Trade off

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HEAVY METAL; HERBIVORY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MICROCLIMATE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; TRADE-OFF; WIND STRESS;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIRCH; DRUG EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; WATER POLLUTANT; WIND;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BETULA; METALS, HEAVY; PLANT LEAVES; SEEDS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WIND;

EURASIA; KOLA PENINSULA; MURMANSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 62449093628     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01684.x     Document Type: Article

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