Seasonal patterns of photochemical capacity and spring phenology reveal genetic differentiation among native Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) populations in Scotland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1020-1029

  Salmela, Matti J ^a,b   Cavers, Stephen ^b   Cottrell, Joan E ^c   Iason, Glenn R ^d   Ennos, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Genetic differentiation; Scots pine; Seasonal variation; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; SCOTS PINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY;

CHLOROPHYLL; COOLING SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS; SEED;

FORESTRY;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ALTITUDE; CHLOROPHYLL; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; FLUORESCENCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HETEROGENEITY; NATIVE SPECIES; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLINATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RAINFALL; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED; SEEDLING; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERPENE; WOODLAND;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; CHLOROPHYLLS; FLUORESCENCE; FORESTRY; GENES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANTS; SEEDS;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 79960052106     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.05.037     Document Type: Article

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