Simulations of clonal species genotypic diversity - Trembling aspen (Populus tremuloïdes) as a case study

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 415-426

  Namroud, Marie Claire ^a,b   Leduc, Alain ^a,b   Tremblay, Francine ^a,b   Bergeron, Yves ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspen; Clonal diversity; Even aged management; Fire cycle; Time since fire

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLONAL ORGANISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENOTYPE; LANDSCAPE; PLANT;

POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 33745018881     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-005-9051-3     Document Type: Article

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