Factors affecting cork oak growth under dry conditions: Local adaptation and contrasting additive genetic variance within populations

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 285-295

  Ramírez Valiente, Jose Alberto ^a   Valladares, Fernando ^b,c   Huertas, Antonio Delgado ^d   Granados, S ^d   Aranda, Ismael ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cork oak; Genetic correlation; Heritability; Selection; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 79952987945     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-010-0331-9     Document Type: Article

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