Genetic basis of aboveground productivity in two native Populus species and their hybrids

Tree Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1133-1142

  Lojewski, Nathan R ^a,e   Fischer, Dylan G ^b   Bailey, Joseph K ^c   Schweitzer, Jennifer A ^c   Whitham, Thomas G ^a   Hart, Stephen C ^d  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground net primary productivity; Broad sense heritability; Ecosystem traits; Genes to ecosystems; Genetic similarity; Growth rate constant

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; CLONAL ORGANISM; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FIELD SURVEY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; HERITABILITY; HYBRID; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

POPULUS; POPULUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; POPULUS FREMONTII;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYBRIDIZATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; POPULUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UTAH;

EID: 73349109832     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpp046     Document Type: Article

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