Within-population variation in demography of Taraxacum officinale: Maintenance of genetic diversity

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2098-2107

  Vavrek, M C ^a   McGraw, J B ^a   Yang, H S ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental heterogeneity; Fitness components; Genetic variation; Seasonality; Taraxacum officinale

Indexed keywords

DANDELION; DEMOGRAPHY; FITNESS; GENETIC DIVERSITY;

ASTERACEAE; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 0030439647     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265704     Document Type: Article

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