Effects of competition and temporal variation on the evolutionary potential of two native bunchgrass species

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 407-417

  Knapp, Eric E ^a,b   Rice, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Elymus glaucus; Genetic variation; Nassella pulchra; Phenotypic plasticity; Selection response

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; GRASS; GROWTH; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ELYMUS; ELYMUS GLAUCUS; NASSELLA PULCHRA; POACEAE; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 79955140030     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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