Genetic differences between continuous and disjunct populations: Some insights from sal (Shorea robusta Roxb.) in Nepal

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 977-984

  Pandey, Madhav ^a,b   Geburek, Thomas ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; Genetic diversity; Microsatellites; Nepal; Peripheral populations; Shorea robusta

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DICOTYLEDON; DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RESOURCE; GENETIC STRUCTURE;

NEPAL;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE; SHOREA ROBUSTA;

EID: 77952875752     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9940-y     Document Type: Article

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