Genetic structures of common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) populations in Germany at sites differing in water regimes

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1199-1210

  Dacasa Rudinger M C ^a   Glaeser, J ^b   Hebel, I ^a   Dounavi, A ^a  

^a Forest Research Institute of Baden Wuerttemberg   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; FLOODS; FORESTRY; METABOLISM; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FUNDAMENTAL ENZYMES; ISOZYME ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MICROSATELLITE MARKERS;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

ADAPTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOTYPE; ENZYME; FLOODPLAIN; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; METABOLISM; OXYGEN; SEED DISPERSAL; WATER AVAILABILITY;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; GERMANY;

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR;

EID: 44449087361     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-215     Document Type: Article

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