Patterns of clonal diversity in Dicranopteris linearis on Mauna Loa, Hawaii

Biotropica

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 449-459

  Russell, Ann E ^a   Ranker, Tom A ^b   Gemmill, Chrissen E C ^b,c   Farrar, Donald R ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clones; Dicranopteris linearis; Fern reproduction; Genetic diversity; Gleicheniaceae; Primary succession; Tropical montane forest; Vegetative growth

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CLONAL VARIATION; CLONE; ENVIRONMENT; GENE LOCUS; GENE POOL; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOENZYME; MATING SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; SIZE; UNITED STATES;

EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; RAINFOREST;

HAWAII; MAUNA LOA VOLCANO; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICRANOPTERIS; DICRANOPTERIS LINEARIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; GLEICHENIACEAE; HAWAIIA; LOA; MAUNA;

EID: 0032752108     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00387.x     Document Type: Article

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