Genetic impacts of habitat loss on the rare ironstone endemic Tetratheca paynterae subsp. paynterae

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1735-1746

  Butcher, P A ^a,b   McNee, S A ^c   Krauss, S L ^a,d  

^a BOTANIC GARDENS AND PARKS AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^b Landcare Holdings Pty Ltd ^*  (Australia)

^c Landcare Holdings Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banded ironstone formation; Dispersal; Genetic structure; Microsatellite; Tetratheca paynterae

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; DICOTYLEDON; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; HABITAT LOSS; OUTCROP; POPULATION SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ELAEOCARPACEAE; HEXAPODA; TETRATHECA PAYNTERAE;

EID: 71349085826     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9775-y     Document Type: Article

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