AFLP fingerprinting of Anchusa (Boraginaceae) in the Corso-Sardinian system: Genetic diversity, population differentiation and conservation priorities in an insular endemic group threatened with extinction

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2000-2011

  Coppi, Andrea ^a   Mengoni, Alessio ^b   Selvi, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica   (Italy)

Author keywords

AFLP fingerprinting; Anchusa; Conservation; Corso Sardinian endemics; Genetic diversity; Population differentiation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GRAZING; HERB; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION SIZE; RED LIST;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ITALY; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANCHUSA; ANCHUSA CAPELLII; ANCHUSA CRISPA; ANCHUSA FORMOSA; BORAGINACEAE;

EID: 49149116109     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.05.015     Document Type: Article

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