"Pando" lives: Molecular genetic evidence of a giant aspen clone in central Utah

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 493-497

  DeWoody, Jennifer ^a,c   Rowe, Carol A ^b   Hipkins, Valerie D ^a   Mock, Karen E ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspen; Clone; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 58149514443     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904-68.4.493     Document Type: Article

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