Gene diversity and demographic turnover in central and peripheral populations of the perennial herb Gypsophila fastigiata

Oikos

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 489-498

  Lönn, Mikael ^a   Prentice, Honor C ^b  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GENETICS;

SWEDEN;

EMBRYOPHYTA; GYPSOPHILA; GYPSOPHILA FASTIGIATA;

EID: 0036949715     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.11907.x     Document Type: Article

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