Genetic diversity and population size in four rare southern Appalachian plant species

Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 796-805

  Godt, Mary J O W ^a,b   Johnson, Bart R ^a   Hamrick, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALAMAGROSTIS CAINII; CAREX MISERA; CYPERACEAE; GEUM; GEUM RADIATUM; POACEAE; ROSACEAE; TRICHOPHORUM CESPITOSUM;

GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION SIZE;

USA, (SOUTHEAST), APPALACHIANS;

EID: 0030462070     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10030796.x     Document Type: Article

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