Population history, mating system, and fitness variation in a perennial herb with a fragmented distribution

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 349-356

  Leimu, Roosa ^a   Mutikainen, Pia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Genetic variation; Mixed mating system; Population size; Vincetoxicum hirundinaria

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERB; POPULATION SIZE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

APOCYNACEAE; VINCETOXICUM HIRUNDINARIA;

EID: 16244382383     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00480.x     Document Type: Article

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