Genetic consequences of habitat fragmentation in plant populations: Susceptible signals in plant traits and methodological approaches

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 5177-5188

  Aguilar, Ramiro ^a,b,d   Quesada, Mauricio ^a   Ashworth, Lorena ^b   Herrerias Diego, Yvonne ^a   Lobo, Jorge ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^d NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Habitat fragmentation; Mating systems; Meta analysis; Plant genetic diversity; Rarity status

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; META ANALYSIS; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 57349181815     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03971.x     Document Type: Review

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