A molecular approach to provenance delineation for the restoration of hummock grasslands (Triodia spp.) in arid-tropical Australia

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Wells, Grant ^a   Zawko, Grace ^b   Rossetto, Maurizio ^b   Dixon, Kingsley ^b  

^a Botanic Gardens West Perth   (Australia)

^b Mrs Macquaries Road ^*

Author keywords

Provenance; Random amplified polymorphic DNA; Restoration; Spinifex; Triodia

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC MARKER; GRASSLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

POACEAE; TRIODIA;

EID: 0038607474     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-8903.4.s.8.x     Document Type: Article

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