Integrating environmental and genetic effects to predict responses of tree populations to climate

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 153-163

  Wang, Tongli ^a,c   O'Neill, Gregory A ^b   Aitken, Sally N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Assisted migration; British columbia; Canada; Climate change; Climatebc; Provenance test; Response function; Sample size; Species range; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AFFORESTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GENETIC VARIATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; PROVENANCE TRIAL; RANGE SIZE; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ALBERTA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; TREES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 77649116947     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-2257.1     Document Type: Article

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