How much genetic variation in fern populations is stored in the spore banks? A study of Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 195-206

  Schneller, Johann Jakob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Genetic demography; Isozymes; Leptosporangiate ferns; Population structure

Indexed keywords

FERN; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION GENETICS; SEED BANK; SPORE;

SWITZERLAND;

ATHYRIUM FILIX-FEMINA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0031878835     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bojl.1998.0171     Document Type: Article

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