Taxus baccata in the Azores: A relict form at risk of imminent extinction

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1547-1565

  Schirone, Bartolomeo ^a   Ferreira, Raquel Caetano ^a   Vessella, Federico ^a   Schirone, Avra ^a   Piredda, Roberta ^a   Simeone, Marco Cosimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Azores; Conservation actions; Critically endangered; Genetic diversity; Taxus baccata

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

AZORES; PICO; PORTUGAL;

TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 77952238180     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9786-0     Document Type: Article

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