Genetic consequences of past climate and human impact on eastern Mediterranean Cedrus libani forests. Implications for their conservation

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-95

  Fady, B ^a   Lefevre F ^a   Vendramin, G G ^b   Ambert, A ^a   Regnier C ^a   Bariteau, M ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b CNR Istituto di Genetica Vegetale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chloroplast microsatellite; Gene flow; Genetic drift; Habitat fragmentation; Isozyme

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPLAST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MARKER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; KEYSTONE SPECIES; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; REFUGIUM;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST; TURKEY;

CEDRUS; CEDRUS LIBANI;

EID: 38049091165     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9310-6     Document Type: Article

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