Local adaptation and transplant dominance in genets of the marine clonal plant Zostera marina

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 242, Issue , 2002, Pages 111-118

  Hämmerli, August ^a   Reusch, Thorsten B H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clonal plants; Local adaptation; Microsatellite; Population differentiation; Transplant experiment; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

CLONAL ORGANISM; CONSERVATION; GENET; LOCAL ADAPTATION; RECOLONIZATION; SEAGRASS;

BALTIC SEA;

GENETTA; HALOPHILA; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0037175211     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps242111     Document Type: Article

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