Allozyme variation in the sympatric ferns Culcita macrocarpa and Woodwardia radicans at the northern extreme of their ranges

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 263, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 135-144

  Quintanilla, L G ^a   Pajaron S ^b   Pangua, E ^b   Amigo, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clonal ferns; Culcita macrocarpa; Glacial refugia; Iberian Peninsula; Isozymes; Woodwardia radicans

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULCITA MACROCARPA; FILICOPHYTA; WOODWARDIA RADICANS;

EID: 33846815518     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-006-0486-x     Document Type: Article

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