Genetic Variation for Adaptive Traits in Bottlebrush Squirreltail in the Northern Intermountain West, United States

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 460-469

  Parsons, Matthew C ^a,b   Jones, Thomas A ^a   Monaco, Thomas A ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Elevation; Elymus elymoides; Functional traits; Specific leaf area; Specific root length

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOMASS; ELEVATION; GENETIC VARIATION; LEAF AREA; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOLOGY; PLANT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROOT; SHOOT; STEPPE; SUBSPECIES;

INTERMOUNTAIN WEST; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ELYMUS; ELYMUS ELYMOIDES;

EID: 79959800777     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00705.x     Document Type: Article

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