Urban plants as genetic reservoirs or threats to the integrity of bushland plant populations

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 842-852

  Roberts, David G ^a   Ayre, David J ^a   Whelan, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bushland plant populations; Gene flow; Genetic diversity; Grevillea; Habitat fragmentation; Pollen dispersal; Urban gardens

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLANT DNA;

ALLELE; AUTOGAMY; BUSHLAND; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; SEED DISPERSAL; SHRUB; SPECIES CONSERVATION; URBAN AREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEE; BIRD; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOWER; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PROTEACEAE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BEES; BIRDS; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, PLANT; FLOWERS; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PROTEACEAE; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; HYAMS BEACH; NEW SOUTH WALES;

GREVILLEA; GREVILLEA MACLEAYANA;

EID: 34249070424     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00691.x     Document Type: Article

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