Granite outcrops as ancient islands in old landscapes: Evidence from the phylogeography and population genetics of Eucalyptus caesia (Myrtaceae) in Western Australia

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 177-188

  Byrne, Margaret ^a   Hopper, Stephen D ^b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; CpDNA; Eucalypts; Evolution; Genetic drift; Phylogenetics; Population divergence; RFLP

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; DNA; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOME; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AVES; CAESIA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAESIA; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 37249051869     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00946.x     Document Type: Article

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