Introgressive hybridization of Senecio hercynicus and S. ovatus (Compositae, Senecioneae) along an altitudinal gradient in Harz National Park (Germany)

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 333-344

  Raudnitschka, Dorit ^a,b   Hensen, Isabell ^a   Oberprieler, Christoph ^c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Asteraceae; Harz Mountains; Hybrid zone; Hybridization; Introgression; RAPDs; Senecio

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; SENECIO; SENECIO OVATUS; SENECIONEAE;

EID: 34547425300     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477200007002435     Document Type: Conference Paper

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