Genetic diversity, structure, and demographic change in tanoak, lithocarpus densiflorus (Fagaceae), the most susceptible species to sudden oak death in California

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2224-2233

  Nettel, Alejandro ^a   Dodd, Richard S ^a   Afzal Rafii, Zara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California forest; Conservation; Fagaceae; Lithocarpus densiflorus; Microsatellites; Phylogeography; Phytophthora ramorum; Sudden oak death (sod); Tanoak

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; DIVERGENCE; DNA; EVERGREEN FOREST; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RANGE EXPANSION; RECOLONIZATION;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; KLAMATH MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

FAGACEAE; LITHOCARPUS; LITHOCARPUS DENSIFLORUS; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM;

EID: 71449109123     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800339     Document Type: Article

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