Inbreeding and conservation genetics in whitebark pine

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 581-593

  Krakowski, J ^a   Aitken, S N ^a   El Kassaby, Y A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mating system; Nucifragia columbiana; Pinus albicaulis; Population structure

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENZYMES; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; TISSUE;

INBREEDING;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ADAPTATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; REPRODUCTION; SEED DISPERSAL;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; NUCIFRAGIA COLUMBIANA; PINUS ALBICAULIS;

EID: 0141727272     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025667700479     Document Type: Article

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