Neighborhood effects and genetic structure in a clonal grass: The role of the spatial structure of the environment

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-11

  Herben, Tomá ^a,b   Hara, Toshihiko ^c   Hadincová, Vera ^a   Krahulec, Frantiek ^a   Pechácková, Sylvie ^a   Skálová, Hana ^a   Suzuki, Jun Ichirou ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environmental heterogeneity; Festuca rubra; Genet; Plasticity; Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD); Spatial expansion; Species specific interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034992848     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-1984.2001.00054.x     Document Type: Article

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