Population biology of Fagus crenata blume I. Demographic genetic differentiations of lowland and montane populations in Toyama, Central Honshu, Japan

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 93-116

  Ohkawa, Tomoshi ^a   Nagai, Yukio ^b   Masuda, Junzo ^c   Kitamura, Keiko ^d   Kawano, Shoichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kosugi Senior High School   (Japan)

^c Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute   (Japan)

^d FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Demographic genetics; Fagus crenata; Population biology; Population fragmentation; Random genetic drift

Indexed keywords

FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA;

EID: 0032459365     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.1998.tb00252.x     Document Type: Article

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