Local adaptation in migrated interior Douglas-fir seedlings is mediated by ectomycorrhizas and other soil factors

New Phytologist

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 858-871

  Pickles, Brian J ^a   Twieg, Brendan D ^b   O'Neill, Gregory A ^c   Mohn, William W ^a   Simard, Suzanne W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assisted migration; Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF); Edaphic factors; Forestry; Fungicide; Local adaptation; Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (interior Douglas fir); Seed transfer

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FOREST SOIL; FORESTRY; FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; ROOT COLONIZATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SURVIVAL;

FUNGI; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; SOIL;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOMASS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLIMATE; DOUGLAS FIR; DRUG EFFECTS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDLING; SOIL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOMASS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLIMATE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GEOGRAPHY; MYCORRHIZAE; PSEUDOTSUGA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDLINGS; SOIL;

EID: 84936201428     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13360     Document Type: Article

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