Population structure along a steep environmental gradient: Consequences of flowering time and habitat variation in the snow buttercup, Ranunculus adoneus

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-94

  Stanton, M L ^a   Galen, C ^b   Shore, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autopolyploidy; effective gene flow; flowering time; genetic structure; phenology; Ranunculus adoneus; seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

RANUNCULUS ADONEUS; RANUNCULACEAE;

EFFECTIVE GENE FLOW; FLOWERING TIME; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT VARIATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SNOW BUTTERCUP;

EID: 0030618388     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb02390.x     Document Type: Article

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