Testing a 'genes-to-ecosystems' approach to understanding aquatic-terrestrial linkages

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 5888-5903

  Crutsinger, Gregory M ^a   Rudman, Seth M ^a   Rodriguez Cabal, Mariano A ^a   McKown, Athena D ^a   Sato, Takuya ^b   Macdonald, Andrew M ^a   Heavyside, Julian ^a   Geraldes, Armando ^a   Hart, Edmund M ^a   Leroy, Carri J ^c   El Sabaawi, Rana W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

aquatic terrestrial linkages; community genetics; decomposition; genes to ecosystems; GWAS; mesocosms; Populus trichocarpa

Indexed keywords

POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

AQUATIC SPECIES; BIOLOGY; BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANT LEAF; POPULUS;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HYDROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANT LEAVES; POPULUS;

EID: 84912139932     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12931     Document Type: Article

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