Understanding population structure and historical demography in a conservation context: Population genetics of an endangered fern

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 799-807

  Kang, Ming ^a,b   Huang, Hongwen ^a   Jiang, Mingxi ^b   Lowe, Andrew J ^c,d  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d State Herbarium   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adiantum reniforme var. sinense; Assignment test; Conservation; Endangered fern; Equilibrium; Gene flow; Isolation by distance; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FERN; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HENAN; SANMENXIA DAM; YANGTZE RIVER;

ADIANTUM; ADIANTUM RENIFORME VAR. SINENSE; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 49549103059     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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