Genetic structure of natural populations of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) at Coweeta, North Carolina

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-24

  Chang, Chin Sung ^a,b   Bongarten, Bruce ^a   Hamrick, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Black locust; Clonal structure; Population; Reproduction; Sampling

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOACACIA; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 0032219539     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02507146     Document Type: Article

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