Genetic consequences of ecological reserve design guidelines: An empirical investigation

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 427-439

  Neel, Maile C ^a,c   Cummings, Michael P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Astragulus albens; Conservation genetics; Erigeron parishii; Eriogonum ovalifolium var. vineum; Genetic diversity; Oxytheca parishii var. goodmaniana; Plant conservation; Reserve design; San Bernardino Mountains

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENETIC DIVERSITY;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ALLELE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC VARIATION; PLANT; RARE SPECIES; RESERVE DESIGN;

ERIGERON; ERIGERON PARISHII; ERIOGONUM; ERIOGONUM OVALIFOLIUM; OXYTHECA; OXYTHECA PARISHII;

EID: 0043069468     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024758929728     Document Type: Article

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