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Title: Local adaptation of seed and seedling traits along a natural aridity gradient may both predict and constrain adaptive responses to climate change
Award ID(s):
1906759 1950421
PAR ID:
10383459
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
American Journal of Botany
Volume:
109
Issue:
10
ISSN:
0002-9122
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1529 to 1544
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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