Population density as a predictor of genetic variation for woody plant species

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1079-1087

  Gram, Wendy K ^a   Sork, Victoria L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION DENSITY; WOODY PLANT;

CARYA TOMENTOSA; QUERCUS ALBA; SASSAFRAS ALBIDUM;

EID: 0032830693     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98348.x     Document Type: Article

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