Local adaptation and range boundary formation in response to complex environmental gradients across the geographical range of Clarkia xantiana ssp. xantiana

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 95-107

  Gould, Billie ^a   Moeller, David A ^b   Eckhart, Vincent M ^c   Tiffin, Peter ^b   Fabio, Eric ^a   Geber, Monica A ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clarkia; Environmental gradient; Gene flow; Geographical range boundaries; Heritability; Landscape; Local adaptation; Phenotypic variation; Plant population and community dynamics; Q ST

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HERB; HERITABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT COMMUNITY;

CLARKIA; CLARKIA XANTIANA;

EID: 84890313626     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12188     Document Type: Article

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