Genetic diversity of core and peripheral Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr) populations: Implications for conservation of widespread species

Biological Conservation

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-123

  Gapare, Washington J ^a,b   Aitken, Sally N ^a   Ritland, Carol E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disjunct populations; Ex situ gene conservation; Genetic diversity; Peripheral populations; Rare alleles; Sampling strategies; Sitka spruce

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; CORE-PERIPHERY RELATIONS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; TREE;

PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 11144316605     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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