Gene flow and mating patterns in individuals of wych elm (Ulmus glabra) in forest and open land after the influence of Dutch elm disease

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 257-268

  Nielsen, Lene Rostgaard ^a   Kjær, Erik Dahl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Density; Dutch elm disease; Isolation; Pollen dispersal; Ulmus

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DISEASE VECTOR; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SURVIVAL;

DENMARK;

ULMUS; ULMUS GLABRA;

EID: 74749090900     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-0028-5     Document Type: Article

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