Quantitative trait, genetic, environmental, and geographical distances among populations of the C4 grass Trachypogon plumosus in Neotropical savannas

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 283-292

  Baruch, Zdravko ^a   Nassar, Jafet M ^b   Bubis, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Genetic distance; Grasses; Isozymes; Neotropical savannas; Quantitative traits

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; C4 PLANT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GRASS; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; LAND USE CHANGE; SAVANNA;

EMBRYOPHYTA; POACEAE; TRACHYPOGON;

EID: 3042805319     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2004.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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