Competitive seedlings and inherited traits: A test of rapid evolution of Elymus multisetus (big squirreltail) in response to cheatgrass invasion

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 485-498

  Rowe, Courtney L J ^a   Leger, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Competition; Contemporary evolution; Ecological genetics; Invasive species; Natural selection; Restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954610170     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2010.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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