Ecological differentiation among genotypes of dandelions (taraxacum officinale)

Weed Science

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 410-416

  Vellend, Mark ^a   Drummond, Emily B M ^a   Muir, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exotic species; Fitness; Genetic diversity; Genetic variation; Plant invasion; Seed production

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GARDEN; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HERB; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEED PRODUCTION; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TESTING METHOD;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER;

TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 68849120618     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-09-004.1     Document Type: Article

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