Plant vulnerabilities and genetic adaptation

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report RMRS-GTR

Volumn , Issue 285 GTR, 2012, Pages 48-59

  Richardson, Bryce A ^a   Shaw, Nancy L ^b   Pendleton, Rosemary L ^c  

^a Shrub Sciences Laboratory   (United States)

^b Aquatic Sciences Laboratory   (United States)

^c Forestry Sciences Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Climate change; Deserts; Grasslands; Shrublands

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DESERT; DISTURBANCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRASSLAND; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURAL RESOURCE; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SHRUBLAND; TAXONOMY; TOLERANCE; VULNERABILITY;

UNITED STATES; WESTERN INTERIOR;

EID: 84865148681     PISSN: 02775786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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