Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Allozyme Diversity and Conservation Status of the Coastal Sand Dune Plant Stachys maritima (Lamiaceae) in the Iberian Peninsula

Plant Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 504-512

  Lopez Pujol J ^a   Orellana, M R ^a   Bosch, M ^a   Simon, J ^a   Blanche C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allozyme electrophoresis; Conservation; Habitat fragmentation; Lamiaceae; Stachys maritima

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; STACHYS;

EID: 0345581682     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-44787     Document Type: Article

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