Shaping forces modelling genetic variation patterns in the naturally fragmented forests of a South-American Beech

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 290-297

  Azpilicueta, M M ^a   Gallo, L A ^a  

^a Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Gene flow; Glaciation; Hybridisation; Isozyme markers; Nothofagus; Patagonian forests

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENZYME; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ISOLATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GLACIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HYBRIDIZATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; RANGE SIZE; SEMIARID REGION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SYMPATRY;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS NERVOSA; NOTHOFAGUS OBLIQUA;

EID: 69649098052     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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