Can a seed bank maintain the genetic variation in the above ground plant population?

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-5

  Honnay, Olivier ^a   Bossuyt, Beatrijs ^b   Jacquemyn, Hans ^a   Shimono, Ayako ^c   Uchiyama, Kentaro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; META-ANALYSIS; POPULATION SIZE; SEED BANK;

EID: 36749103251     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.16188.x     Document Type: Review

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