Low genetic diversity and recovery implications of the vulnerable Bankoualé Palm Livistona carinensis (Arecaceae), from North-eastern Africa and the Southern Arabian Peninsula

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 317-327

  Shapcott, A ^a   Dowe, J L ^b   Ford, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c 77 Great Pulteney St ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Conservation genetics; Microsatellites; Rare species; Species recovery

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; MONOCOTYLEDON; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GENETICS; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VULNERABILITY;

AFRICA; ARABIAN PENINSULA; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

ARECACEAE; LIVISTONA;

EID: 67349190529     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9582-5     Document Type: Article

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