Large-scale adaptive differentiation in the alpine perennial herb Arabis alpina

New Phytologist

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 459-470

  Toräng, Per ^a   Wunder, Jörg ^b   Obeso, José Ramón ^c   Herzog, Michel ^d   Coupland, George ^b   Ågren, Jon ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Brassicaceae; Ecotype; Fitness; Heterogeneous environments; Local adaptation; Natural selection; Population differentiation; Reciprocal transplant experiment

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DICOTYLEDON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; FRUIT; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HERB; HETEROGENEITY; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION;

ARABIS ALPINA; BRASSICACEAE;

ADAPTATION; ARABIS; ARCTIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SCANDINAVIA; SPAIN;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARABIS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; REPRODUCTION; SCANDINAVIAN AND NORDIC COUNTRIES; SPAIN;

EID: 84923270963     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13176     Document Type: Article

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