Relationships between heterozygosity and fitness in the Iberian threatened larkspur Delphinium bolosii (Ranunculaceae)

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-168

  Orellana, Maria Renée ^a   López Pujol, Jordi ^a   Blanché, Cèsar ^a   Bosch, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allozyme electrophoresis; Delphinium bolosii; Endemic; Fitness; Heterozygosity; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMARKER; CORRELATION; ELECTROKINESIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FITNESS; HETEROZYGOSITY; REINTRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

DELPHINIUM; DELPHINIUM BOLOSII; RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 33846910541     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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