The cost of inbreeding in Platanthera leucophaea (Orchidaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 235-242

  Wallace, Lisa E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Inbreeding; Inbreeding depression; Orchid; Orchidaceae; Platanthera leucophaea

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INBREEDING; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; RARE SPECIES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; LEUCOPHAEA; ORCHIDACEAE; PLATANTHERA; PLATANTHERA LEUCOPHAEA;

EID: 0842288810     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.90.2.235     Document Type: Article

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