Breeding system and population genetics of the vulnerable plant Dillwynia tenuifolia (Fabaceae)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 241-248

  Rymer, P D ^a,b   Morris, E C ^a   Richardson, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Effective population size; Genetic neighbourhood; Pollination; Rarity

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; POLLINATION; POPULATION GENETICS; RARITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DILLWYNIA; FABACEAE;

EID: 0011362335     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2002.01174.x     Document Type: Article

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