Negative evidence of local adaptation to the establishment conditions in a perennial herb

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1555-1569

  Garrido, José L ^a   Rey, Pedro J ^b   Herrera, Carlos M ^a   Ramírez, José M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Divergent selection; Helleborus foetidus; Local adaptation; Seedling emergence; Seedling establishment; Topsoil properties

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HERB; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MATERNAL EFFECT; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; PERENNIAL PLANT; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SURVIVAL; TOPSOIL;

HELLEBORUS FOETIDUS; VERATRUM;

EID: 84870337159     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0111-8     Document Type: Article

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