Adaptation to spring heat and drought in northeastern Spanish Arabidopsis thaliana

New Phytologist

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 323-334

  Wolfe, Marnin D ^a   Tonsor, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive differentiation; Arabidopsis thaliana; Climate gradient; Clinal variation; Elevation; Heat and drought; Local adaptation; Natural variation

Indexed keywords

CLINE; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ELEVATION; FITNESS; FLOWERING; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

SPAIN;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

WATER;

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE DIFFERENTIATION; ALTITUDE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE GRADIENT; CLINAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; ELEVATION; FLOWER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; HEAT AND DROUGHT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NATURAL VARIATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEASON; SPAIN;

ADAPTIVE DIFFERENTIATION; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CLIMATE GRADIENT; CLINAL VARIATION; ELEVATION; HEAT AND DROUGHT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NATURAL VARIATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ARABIDOPSIS; CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; FLOWERS; GENETIC FITNESS; HOT TEMPERATURE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SPAIN; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER;

EID: 84888308445     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12485     Document Type: Article

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