Can local adaptation research in plants inform selection of native plant materials? An analysis of experimental methodologies

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1219-1228

  Gibson, Alexis L ^a   Espeland, Erin K ^b   Wagner, Viktoria ^a,c   Nelson, Cara R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b USDA ARS Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory   (United States)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

ecological experiments; experimental design; experimental methodology; lifetime fitness; local adaptation; plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990220073     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12379     Document Type: Article

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