Lack of strong local adaptation in the alpine forb craspedia lamicola in Southeastern Australia

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 170, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 906-917

  Byars, Sean G ^a,b   Hoffmann, Ary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Clinal variation; Local adaptation; Phenotypic plasticity; Phenotypic selection; Reciprocal transplant

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; EVOLUTION; GARDEN; GRASS; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SELECTION; TESTING METHOD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CRASPEDIA; POA; POA HIEMATA;

EID: 70349182026     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599238     Document Type: Article

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