Population differentiation and genetic variation inform translocation decisions for Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae, a rare New England grassland perennial

Biological Conservation

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-167

  Gravuer, Kelly ^a,b   Von Wettberg, Eric ^a   Schmitt, Johanna ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Population differentiation; QST; Quantitative genetic variation; Restoration genetics; Translocation; Wright's F statistics

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PERENNIAL PLANT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TRANSLOCATION;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LIATRIS SCARIOSA;

EID: 15744382277     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.01.021     Document Type: Article

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