Adaptation and exogenous selection in a Picea glauca × Picea engelmannii hybrid zone: Implications for forest management under climate change

New Phytologist

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 687-699

  De La Torre, Amanda R ^a,b   Wang, Tongli ^a   Jaquish, Barry ^c   Aitken, Sally N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive introgression; Bounded hybrid superiority; Breeding; Climate change; Exogenous selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BUDBURST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; FITNESS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWING SEASON; HYBRID ZONE; PLANT BREEDING; POLYMORPHISM; SELECTION; SNOWPACK;

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENOME; SPRUCE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; GENOME, PLANT; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PICEA; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84890722952     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12540     Document Type: Article

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