Population genetic diversity of the clonal plant Geum reptans (Rosaceae) in the Swiss Alps

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2013-2021

  Pluess, Andrea R ^a,b   Stöcklin, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Geum reptans; Molecular diversity; Pioneer plant species; RAPD; Rosaceae; Successional habitats

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; SUCCESSION;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

GEUM; GEUM REPTANS; ROSACEAE;

EID: 20444408666     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.91.12.2013     Document Type: Article

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