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Does basin wildrye (Leymus cinereus) show local adaptation when deployed according to generalized provisional seed zones in the Central Basin and Range ecoregion?

Scott Jensen, Val Jo Anderson, William Christensen, Bruce Roundy, Stanley Kitchen and Loreen Allphin
Native Plants Journal, June 2021, 22 (2) 112-122; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/npj.22.2.112
Scott Jensen
USDA US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station SSL, 735 North 500 East, Provo, UT 84606
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Val Jo Anderson
Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602
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William Christensen
Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602
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Bruce Roundy
Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602
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Stanley Kitchen
USDA US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station SSL, 735 North 500 East, Provo, UT 84606
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Loreen Allphin
Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602
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