Mating patterns and contemporary gene flow by pollen in a large continuous and a small isolated population of the scattered forest tree Sorbus torminalis

Heredity

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-55

  Hoebee, S E ^a,c   Arnold, U ^a,b   Duggelin C ^a,b   Gugerli, F ^a   Brodbeck, S ^a   Rotach, P ^b   Holderegger, R ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Mate availability; Paternity analysis; Pollen flow distance; Pollen immigration; Selfing rate

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; FLOWERING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENE FLOW; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INBREEDING; ISOLATED POPULATION; PATERNITY; POLLEN; POPULATION SIZE;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; FRUIT; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; SORBUS;

ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENE FLOW; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; SORBUS;

HEXAPODA; SORBUS; SORBUS TORMINALIS;

EID: 34347366217     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800962     Document Type: Article

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