Spruce colonization at treeline: Where do those seeds come from

Heredity

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 136-145

  Piotti, A ^a   Leonardi, S ^a   Piovani, P ^a   Scalfi, M ^a   Menozzi, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Long distance dispersal; Norway spruce; Parentage analysis; Reproductive success; Seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARBOREAL SPECIES; COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECADAL VARIATION; GAMETE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; IMMIGRATION; JUVENILE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MIGRATION; PARENTAGE; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SAMPLING; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SELECTION; SKEWNESS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREELINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PANEVEGGIO FOREST; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE; TRENTO;

ANIMALIA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; PLANT SEED; SPRUCE;

ALTITUDE; GENE FLOW; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PICEA; SEEDS;

EID: 68349157111     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2009.42     Document Type: Article

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