Genetic rescue in an isolated metapopulation of a naturally fragmented plant species, Parnassia palustris

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 832-841

  Bossuyt, Beatrijs ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Genetic drift; Habitat fragmentation; Plant fitness; Pollen limitation; Pollination; Self incompatibility

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FITNESS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; ISOLATED POPULATION; METAPOPULATION; POLLINATION;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BREEDING; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; FRUIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANGIOSPERMS; BELGIUM; BREEDING; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; FRUIT; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PARNASSIA; PARNASSIA PALUSTRIS;

EID: 34249059280     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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