Genetic divergence in forest trees: Understanding the consequences of climate change

Functional Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 22-36

  Kremer, Antoine ^a,b   Potts, Brad M ^c   Delzon, Sylvain ^a,b  

^a UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Altitude; Clines; Cogradient; Countergradient; Divergent selection; Gene flow; Genetic differentiation; Hybridization; Microevolution; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; HYBRIDIZATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT;

EUCALYPTUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 84892853092     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12169     Document Type: Article

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