Spatial analysis of genetic diversity as a tool for plant conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-365

  Escudero, Adrián ^a   Iriondo, José M ^b   Torres, M Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Constrained ordinations; Correlograms; Point pattern analysis; Spatial autocorrelation; Variograms

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIATION; PLANT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0041989687     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00122-8     Document Type: Article

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