Phenotypic plasticity facilitates resistance to climate change in a highly variable environment

Oecologia

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 269-279

  Richter, Sarah ^a   Kipfer, Tabea ^a   Wohlgemuth, Thomas ^a   Guerrero, Carlos Calderón ^b   Ghazoul, Jaboury ^c   Moser, Barbara ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b Technical University of Madrid   (Spain)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Assisted migration; Genotypic variation; Provenance; Soil heating; Summer drought

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; EMERGENCE; GARDEN; GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PROVENANCE; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT ROOT; SCOTS PINE; SEEDLING; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHENOTYPE; PINUS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT ROOTS; SEEDLING;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS;

PINUS NIGRA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84859651559     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2191-x     Document Type: Article

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