The importance of reproductive strategies in population genetic approaches to conservation: An example from the marine angiosperm genus Zostera

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 271-280

  Provan, Jim ^a   Wilson, Siân ^a   Portig, Alex A ^a   Maggs, Christine A ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eelgrass; Genetic bottleneck; Microsatellite; Zostera

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CONSERVATION; EXTINCTION RISK; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEAGRASS;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA MARINA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 43349099020     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9338-7     Document Type: Article

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