Evidence for local climate adaptation in early-life traits of Tasmanian populations of Eucalyptus pauciflora

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Gauli, Archana ^a   Vaillancourt, René E ^a   Bailey, Tanya G ^a   Steane, Dorothy A ^a,b   Potts, Brad M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climatic variables; Eucalyptus pauciflora; Genetic correlation; Seedling traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942517705     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-015-0930-6     Document Type: Article

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