Structure of allozyme variation in Nordic Silene nutans (Caryophyllaceae): Population size, geographical position and immigration history

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 357-371

  Van Rossum, Fabienne ^a,b   Prentice, Honor C ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bottlenecks; Contact zone; Habitat fragmentation; Postglacial immigration; Range periphery; Soil pH

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ZONE; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERB; IMMIGRATION; POPULATION SIZE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

CARYOPHYLLACEAE; SILENE; SILENE NUTANS;

EID: 1642373354     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2003.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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