Geographic patterns in the genetic diversity of a northern sedge, Carex rariflora

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 269-278

  Vellend, Mark ^a   Waterway, Marcia J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allozyme variation; Carex rariflora; Genetic diversity; Geographic variation

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CANADA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC VARIANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT;

GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT TYPE; SEDGE;

CANADA;

CAREX RARIFLORA;

EID: 0033509234     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-77-2-269     Document Type: Article

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