Local maladaptation in a foundation tree species: Implications for restoration

Biological Conservation

Volumn 203, Issue , 2016, Pages 226-232

  Gellie, Nicholas J C ^a   Breed, Martin F ^a   Thurgate, Nicole ^a   Kennedy, Shaun A ^b   Lowe, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SA WATER   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Embedded experiments; Local adaptation; Provenance trial; Revegetation; Seed sourcing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ARIDITY; DICOTYLEDON; FITNESS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORTALITY; PROVENANCE TRIAL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SEED SIZE; STAKEHOLDER; SURVIVAL; WOODLAND;

EUCALYPTUS LEUCOXYLON; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84990949475     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.08.036     Document Type: Article

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