Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) assisted migration potential: Testing establishment north of the species range

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 142-153

  McLane, Sierra C ^a   Aitken, Sally N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Common garden; Managed relocation; Quantitative genetics; Species distribution model; Species range limits

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DORMANCY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GARDEN; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; GUIDELINE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MIGRATORY SPECIES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELOCATION; SNOW COVER; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; PINUS; SEEDLING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

PINUS ALBICAULIS;

EID: 84855360489     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0329.1     Document Type: Article

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