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Assessing the speed and predictability of local adaptation in invasive California poppies (Eschscholzia californica)

  1. E. A. LEGER1,
  2. K. J. RICE2

Article first published online: 8 JAN 2007

DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01292.x

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Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volume 20, Issue 3, pages 1090–1103, May 2007

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LEGER, E. A. and RICE, K. J. (2007), Assessing the speed and predictability of local adaptation in invasive California poppies (Eschscholzia californica). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20: 1090–1103. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01292.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA

  2. 2

    Department of Plant Sciences and the Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA

*Elizabeth A. Leger, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science; University of Nevada, Reno, Mail Stop 370, Fleishmann Agriculture Room 121, Reno, NV 89557-0013, USA. Tel.: +1 (775) 784-7582; fax: +1 (775) 784-4789; e-mail: eleger@cabnr.unr.edu

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  1. Issue published online: 8 JAN 2007
  2. Article first published online: 8 JAN 2007
  3. Received 7 August 2006; revised 27 October 2006; accepted 8 November 2006

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