Low genetic diversity in Persoonia mollis (Proteaceae), a fire-sensitive shrub occurring in a fire-prone habitat

Heredity

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-49

  Krauss, Siegfried L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

allozymes; fire; genetic diversity; genetic neighbourhood; population extinction; recolonization

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MIMOSA; PERSOONIA; PERSOONIA MOLLIS; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 0031017747     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1997.5     Document Type: Article

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