Clarifying climate change adaptation responses for scattered trees in modified landscapes

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 637-641

  Breed, Martin F ^a   Ottewell, Kym M ^a,b   Gardner, Michael G ^a,c   Lowe, Andrew J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d State Herbarium of South Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Gene flow; Inbreeding; Landscape management; Revegetation; Scattered trees; Seed sourcing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REVEGETATION; SEED; TREE;

EID: 79955950435     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.01969.x     Document Type: Article

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