Evolutionary and plastic responses to climate change in terrestrial plant populations

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 123-139

  Franks, Steven J ^a   Weber, Jennifer J ^a   Aitken, Sally N ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Ecological genetics; Global change; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891916219     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12112     Document Type: Article

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