Empirical evidence of fixed and homeostatic patterns of polyploid advantage in a keystone grass exposed to drought and heat stress

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Godfree, Robert C ^a   Marshall, David J ^a   Young, Andrew G ^a   Miller, Cathy H ^a   Mathews, Sarah ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate adaptation; Extreme event; Fitness; Homeostasis; Polyploidy; Restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034976673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170934     Document Type: Article

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