Morphological and genetic variations of Potentilla matsumurae (rosaceae) between fellfield and snowbed populations

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 728-737

  Shimono, Yoshiko ^a   Watanabe, Mikio ^b   Hirao, Akira S ^c   Wada, Naoya ^d   Kudo, Gaku ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Alpine habitat; Genetic differentiation; Local adaptation; Morphological variation; Phenological isolation; Potentilla matsumurae; Rosaceae

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT TYPE; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOLOGY; SELECTION; SNOWMELT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA MATSUMURAE; ROSACEAE;

EID: 65249173383     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800242     Document Type: Article

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