Relating adaptive genetic traits to climate for Sandberg bluegrass from the intermountain western United States

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 172-184

  Johnson, Richard C ^a   Horning, Matthew E ^b   Espeland, Erin K ^a   Vance Borland, Ken ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c The Conservation Planning Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Genecology; Plant adaptation; Poa secunda; Restoration; Seed zones

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921634871     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12240     Document Type: Article

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