Population genetic structure in Myrtus communis L. in a chronically fragmented landscape in the Mediterranean: Can gene flow counteract habitat perturbation?

Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 442-453

  Albaladejo, R G ^a   Carrillo, L F ^a   Aparicio, A ^a   Fernandez Manjarres J F ^b   Gonzalez Varo J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Chronic fragmentation; Gene flow; Isolation; Long lived species; Mediterranean landscape; Myrtus communis (myrtle); Southern Spain

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; EVERGREEN TREE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INBREEDING; PATCH DYNAMICS; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; MAMMALIA; MYRTUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 62049084770     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2008.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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