The importance of genetic considerations for planning translocations of the rare coastal heath species Boronia rivularis (Rutaceae) in Queensland

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-57

  Shapcott, Alison ^a   Olsen, Mike ^b   Lamont, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b Landscape Assessment Management and Rehabilitation Pty Ltd (LAMR Australia)   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Boronia; Compensatory population; Density; Gene flow; Genetics; Heath; Rare species; Translocation

Indexed keywords

BORONIA; RUTACEAE;

EID: 61849115126     PISSN: 15434060     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/er.27.1.47     Document Type: Article

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