Population size and habitat quality affect genetic diversity and fitness in the clonal herb Cirsium dissectum

Oecologia

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-68

  De Vere, Natasha ^a,b   Jongejans, Eelke ^c,d   Plowman, Amy ^b   Williams, Eirene ^e  

^a National Botanic Garden of Wales ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Living Coasts and Newquay Zoo)   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological genetics; Habitat management; Plant species conservation; Structural equation model

Indexed keywords

CLONE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FITNESS; FLOWERING; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMINATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HERB; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CIRSIUM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; INBREEDING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION;

ALLELES; CIRSIUM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; INBREEDING; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM DISSECTUM;

EID: 58549085838     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1203-y     Document Type: Article

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