Conservation implications of clonality and limited sexual reproduction in the endangered shrub Acanthocladium dockeri (Asteraceae)

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 535-544

  Jusaitis, Manfred ^a   Adams, Mark ^b  

^a Plant Biodiversity Centre   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC VARIATION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

ACANTHOCLADIUM DOCKERI; ASTERACEAE;

EID: 27744598773     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT04131     Document Type: Article

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