Effect of habitat fragmentation on levels and patterns of genetic diversity in natural populations of the peat moss Polytrichum commune

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1517, 2003, Pages 881-886

  Wilson, Pamela J ^a   Provan, Jim ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Fragmentation; Genetic drift; Microsatellites; Peat bogs; Polytrichum commune

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MOSS; PEAT;

ARTICLE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOSS; NONHUMAN; POLYTRICHUM COMMUNE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; POLYTRICHUM COMMUNE;

EID: 0037461297     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2324     Document Type: Article

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