Mating system and reproductive fitness traits of eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) in large, central versus small, isolated, marginal populations

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1173-1184

  Rajora, Om P ^a   Mosseler, Alex ^b   Major, John E ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actual inbreeding rates; Conservation; Genetic and reproductive fitness; Outcrossing and inbreeding; Seed traits; Small population size

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEED;

INBREEDING RATES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FRAGMENTATION; INBREEDING; OUTCROSSING; POPULATION SIZE; TREE;

PINUS STROBUS;

EID: 0036879957     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b02-105     Document Type: Article

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