Tolerance to multiple climate stressors: A case study of Douglas-fir drought and cold hardiness

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2074-2083

  Bansal, Sheel ^a   Harrington, Constance A ^a   St Clair, John Bradley ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Climate change; Common garden; Genetic variation; Pacific Northwest; Precipitation gradient; Principal components analysis; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Temperature gradient

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959420651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2007     Document Type: Article

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