Microsatellite diversity of the agriculturally important alpine grass Poa alpina in relation to land use and natural environment

Annals of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1249-1258

  Rudmann Maurer, Katrin ^a   Weyand, Anne ^b   Fischer, Markus ^c   Stöcklin, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cultural tradition; Genetic diversity; Grassland; Land use; Microsatellites; Natural environment; Poa alpina; Rarefaction; Swiss Alps

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FODDER; GRASS; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; POLYPLOIDY; REPRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POA; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SWITZERLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POA; REPRODUCTION; SWITZERLAND; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; POA; POA ALPINA;

EID: 35348992720     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm203     Document Type: Article

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