Height differences in two eucalypt provenances with contrasting levels of aridity

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 471-478

  Breed, Martin F ^a   Gellie, Nicholas J C ^a   Lowe, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

climate change; local adaptation; plant genetic resources; provenance trial; transplant experiment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEIGHT; LAND DEGRADATION; PROVENANCE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION; WOODY PLANT;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS SOCIALIS;

EID: 84958608159     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12335     Document Type: Article

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