Relevance of genetics for conservation policies: The case of Minorcan cork oaks

Annals of Botany

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1069-1076

  Lorenzo, Zaida ^a,b   Burgarella, Concetta ^a,b,f   De Heredia, Unai López ^a,b   Lumaret, Roselyne ^c   Petit, Rémy J ^d,e   Soto, Álvaro ^a,b   Gil, Luis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^f Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balearic Islands; Cluster analysis; Conservation guidelines; Marginal populations; Minorca; Nuclear microsatellites; Q. ilex (holm oak); Quercus suber (cork oak); Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CHLOROPLAST; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECIDUOUS TREE; DNA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RESOURCE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GUIDELINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MINORCA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ILEX; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 70350520831     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp200     Document Type: Article

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