Genetic diversity and its conservation in natural populations of plants

Biodiversity Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 71-80

  Gray, Alan ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Conservation; Genetic diversity; Genotype environment correlations; Natural populations of plants; Phylogenetic approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003037863     PISSN: 09679952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2999720     Document Type: Article

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