'Sax-sess' - Genetics of primary succession in a pioneer species on two parallel glacier forelands

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2433-2440

  Raffl, C ^a   Schonswetter P ^b   Erschbamer, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

AFLPs; Alpine; Chronosequence; Colonizing history; Molecular diversity; Saxifraga aizoides

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ICE COVER; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANGIOSPERMS; AUSTRIA; BIODIVERSITY; ICE COVER; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

SAXIFRAGA AIZOIDES;

EID: 33745882396     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02964.x     Document Type: Article

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