Identifying the early genetic consequences of habitat degradation in a highly threatened tropical conifer, Araucaria nemorosa Laubenfels

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 3581-3591

  Kettle, C J ^a,b,d,e   Hollingsworth, P M ^a   Jaffre T ^c   Moran, B ^b   Ennos, R A ^b  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Araucaria; Conifers; Conservation; Fragmentation; Inbreeding; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INBREEDING; MINING; NEW CALEDONIA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; GENETIC MARKERS; INBREEDING; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MINING; NEW CALEDONIA; POPULATION DENSITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARAUCARIA; ARAUCARIA COLUMNARIS; ARAUCARIA NEMOROSA; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 34548536755     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03419.x     Document Type: Article

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