Soils as agents of selection: Feedbacks between plants and soils alter seedling survival and performance

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1045-1059

  Pregitzer, Clara C ^a   Bailey, Joseph K ^a,c   Hart, Stephen C ^b   Schweitzer, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetic variation; Local adaptation; Narrowsense heritability; Plant soil feedback; Populus; Selection; Soil microbial communities

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; DECIDUOUS TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEAF LITTER; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MINERALIZATION; PH; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SELECTION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TEXTURE; SURVIVAL;

POPULUS; POPULUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; POPULUS FREMONTII;

EID: 77955774887     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9363-8     Document Type: Article

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